Q: What are the warning signs of a detached retina?

The sudden appearance of many floaters â tiny specks that seem to drift through your field of vision. Flashes of light in one or both eyes (photopsia) Blurred vision. Gradually reduced side (peripheral) vision. A curtain-like shadow over your visual field(which makes it seem as if a curtain has been pulled across your field of vision, with a dark shadowing effect.)

Q: What are the warning signs of a detached retina?

The sudden appearance of many floaters â tiny specks that seem to drift through your field of vision. Flashes of light in one or both eyes (photopsia) Blurred vision. Gradually reduced side (peripheral) vision. A curtain-like shadow over your visual field(which makes it seem as if a curtain has been pulled across your field of vision, with a dark shadowing effect.)

Question 1

What are the warning signs of a detached retina?

Accepted Answer

The sudden appearance of many floaters â tiny specks that seem to drift through your field of vision.
 Flashes of light in one or both eyes (photopsia)
 Blurred vision.
 Gradually reduced side (peripheral) vision.
 A curtain-like shadow over your visual field(which makes it seem as if a curtain has been pulled across your field of vision, with a dark shadowing effect.)

Question 2

How long do floaters in the eye last?

Accepted Answer

It usually takes about a month, but sometimes it can take up to six months. Floaters will gradually get smaller and less noticeable as the weeks and months go by, but usually they never disappear completely.

Question 3

Why is metformin bad for you?

Accepted Answer

The most serious of metformin is lactic acidosis, a condition caused by buildup of lactic acid in the blood. This can occur if too much metformin accumulates in the blood due to chronic or acute (e.g. dehydration) kidney problems.

Question 4

What are the warning signs of a detached retina?

Accepted Answer

The sudden appearance of many floaters â tiny specks that seem to drift through your field of vision.
 Flashes of light in one or both eyes (photopsia)
 Blurred vision.
 Gradually reduced side (peripheral) vision.
 A curtain-like shadow over your visual field(which makes it seem as if a curtain has been pulled across your field of vision, with a dark shadowing effect.)

What are the warning signs of a detached retina?

What are the warning signs of a detached retina?

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