10 Causes of Retinal Detachment
Cause #10: Nearsightedness
While this is not a true cause of retinal detachment, people with extreme nearsightedness or high myopia are more likely to suffer from retinal detachment. Short sightedness occurs when the eye ball is lengthened backwards. This causes the visual image coming through the eye lens to be focused somewhere within the fluid of the eye instead of the retina. This is the reason why myopic people experience blurred vision. The condition is corrected with glasses or contact lenses.
Lengthening of the eye ball over time stretches the retina. Retinal stretching leads to weakening of the tissue and may tear or detach from the choroid layer. This is probably the reason why people with high myopia are more likely to suffer from retinal detachment.
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