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retinal detachment

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retinal detachment [‚ret·ən·əl di′tach·mənt]
(medicine)
An eye disorder characterized by the separation of the sensory layers of the retina from their supporting foundations.


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Ophthalmologic findings include macular edema and blot hemorrhages (10), cotton wool spots (1), retinal vasculitis (4), exudative retinal detachment (2), and anterior uveitis (1).
It is something more like a retinal detachment, a whole field of vision pulling inexorably away toward blindness.
At 7, Nare was diagnosed with Sticklers Syndrome, a condition that causes retinal detachment, so, by 12, she had become completely blind.
 
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