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Mrs_Dr_Frank_N_Furter's avatar

Sites for Detached Retina-front view?

Asked by Mrs_Dr_Frank_N_Furter (587points) May 26th, 2008

Can I get some pictures of a front view of a detached retina. It’s for school and I’ve been looking all over but I can’t find a bloody thing! The project is due tomorrow (I am a HUGE procratinator) and if I don’t get it done I am in BIG trouble. HELP!!!!

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marinelife's avatar

Ah, there you are. Please respond to the question on the greatest actor ever.

Mrs_Dr_Frank_N_Furter's avatar

ok…even though every one knows my answer…hehe

marinelife's avatar

To answer your question, since front view is not the best way to see it, it is usually not illustrated that way. Here is an image that shows the detail, and then has a front view inset into the picture.

Mrs_Dr_Frank_N_Furter's avatar

I don’t see on the front view how it is detached

marinelife's avatar

You can’t see the detachment from the front. The retina is in the back of the eyeball. Where is shilolo when I need him?

Mrs_Dr_Frank_N_Furter's avatar

why do you need shilolo

nikipedia's avatar

Marina and shilolo, sitting in a tree…

marinelife's avatar

Hey, nikipedia, since you are on, can’t you help her?

@MrsDRFNF I mentioned shilolo because he is a doctor.

nikipedia's avatar

My eye expertise ends at the optic nerve. I don’t know anything besides brains. Also am about 85% useless today.

Mrs_Dr_Frank_N_Furter's avatar

ok marina. Yes where for art thou shilolo?

marinelife's avatar

From this site

A detached retina is not seen by most opticians or doctors under normal examination. The pupil must be dilated first with an eye drop and then examined by a magnification instrument.

marinelife's avatar

This is a top front view. Will it do?

Mrs_Dr_Frank_N_Furter's avatar

I found something. thanks

shilolo's avatar

Sorry, I haven’t been around much. Working in the hospital 12 hours a day the past 3 days, so not much time for fluther. Marina is right that retinal detachment can be visualized only with a fundoscopic examination. You can find multiple views here, at the emedicine website. Click on the multimedia link to see a bunch of pictures. You can find more pictures by clicking the multimedia link here as well.

Frankly, I’m not sure how the pictures will help you, since only an ophthalmologist or optometrist can really decipher what you are looking at.

Mrs_Dr_Frank_N_Furter's avatar

I got some thanks though

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