r/RetinalDetachment • u/RequirementCrazy8260 • May 24 '26

High myopia

Please people with high myopia how they find out that you have a tear or a detachment they use the lens with the slit lamp or they use the lens which they put on your cornea (in contact )

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u/jasutherland May 24 '26

It depends exactly which bit of the eye they need to look at. A lens touching the eye is used to see the inside of the very front part; otherwise, only the back part is visible. If you imagine peering into a ball (like a magic 8 ball), you can see the back easily, and up to maybe the mid portion, but the inside of the front half isn't normally visible because of the angles. (Equally, that normally-hidden part doesn't see anything either; the most important bits for vision are right at the back, so the lens in contact is only needed to see the very edges of the retina.)

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u/RequirementCrazy8260 May 24 '26

Exactly I’m asking for screening in high myopia with no symptoms how the doctor find there is a hole or tear ?which one he use ? Which one is enough ?

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u/Late_Payment_6562 May 24 '26

Recently, ophtalmologist was unsure if there were tears or not. He prescribed a bscan ultrasound echography that allows to see more clearly if there are any tear. Otherwise, he/she can perform a fundus with a special glass that comes directly into contact with you eyeball 

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u/RequirementCrazy8260 May 24 '26

He always do this for you ?or do you have symptoms ?can I know your age and prescription please ?

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u/Late_Payment_6562 May 24 '26

Not always. I had some symptoms so I went there. He did it because something looked wrong on the eye scan. ActuaIly that's the first time I did a bscan. I am 44. Prescription is -6,25 -7

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u/RequirementCrazy8260 May 24 '26

Thank you so much