What Is Retinal Detachment?
4. Exudative Retinal Detachments
This type of retinal detachment is not caused by a tear in the retina. Instead, it is caused by other factors that can result in fluid building up between the retina and the internal wall of the again. As with rhegmatogenous retinal detachments, this build-up of fluid can cause the retina to be forced away from the eye’s interior wall.
Reasons why this can happen include inflammatory disorders of the eye, or tumors. Injury to the eye is another potential cause of exudative retinal detachments. Macular degeneration is another potential factor, which is the degradation of the central part of the retina. This is something that tends to happen as people get older.
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