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Retinal Disorders
Summary
The retina is a layer of tissue in the back of your eye that senses light and sends images to your brain. In the center of this nerve tissue is the macula. It provides the sharp, central vision needed for reading, driving and seeing fine detail.
Retinal disorders affect this vital tissue. They can affect your vision, and some can be serious enough to cause blindness. Examples are:
- Macular degeneration – a disease that destroys your sharp, central vision
- Diabetic eye disease
- Retinal detachment – a medical emergency, when the retina is pulled away from the back of the eye
- Retinoblastoma – cancer of the retina. It is most common in young children.
- Macular pucker – scar tissue on the macula
- Macular hole – a small break in the macula that usually happens to people over 60
- Floaters – cobwebs or specks in your field of vision
NIH: National Eye Institute
National Eye Institute
Patient Handouts
- Amaurosis fugax Medical Encyclopedia
- Central serous choroidopathy Medical Encyclopedia
- Electroretinography Medical Encyclopedia
- Fluorescein angiography Medical Encyclopedia
- High blood pressure and eye disease Medical Encyclopedia
- Home vision tests Medical Encyclopedia
- Intravitreal injection Medical Encyclopedia
- Retinal artery occlusion Medical Encyclopedia
- Retinal vein occlusion Medical Encyclopedia
Genetics
- Autosomal Recessive Inheritance National Eye Institute
- Bardet-Biedl syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Bietti crystalline dystrophy: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Choroideremia: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Coats plus syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Cone-rod dystrophy: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Fundus albipunctatus: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Knobloch syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Leber congenital amaurosis: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Mainzer-Saldino syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Refsum disease: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Retinal arterial macroaneurysm with supravalvular pulmonic stenosis: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Retinitis pigmentosa: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Senior-Løken syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Stargardt macular degeneration: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- TRNT1 deficiency: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Vitelliform macular dystrophy: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- Wagner syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
- X-linked juvenile retinoschisis: MedlinePlus Genetics National Library of Medicine
Specifics
- Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Foundation Fighting Blindness
- Bietti’s Crystalline Dystrophy National Eye Institute
- Cancers Affecting the Retina Merck & Co., Inc.
- Choroideremia Foundation Fighting Blindness
- Coats’ Disease American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
- Diabetic Retinopathy National Eye Institute
- Facts about Floaters National Eye Institute
- Leber Congenital Amaurosis American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
- Macular Hole National Eye Institute
- Macular Pucker National Eye Institute
- Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation Fighting Blindness
- Vitreous Detachment National Eye Institute
- What Is Central Serous Chorioretinopathy? American Academy of Ophthalmology
Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Retinal Diseases National Institutes of Health
Diagnosis and Tests
- Dilating Eye Drops American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Statistics and Research
- Eye Health Data and Statistics National Eye Institute
- Helping the Retina Regenerate National Eye Institute
Symptoms
- Eye Symptoms American Academy of Ophthalmology
Find an Expert
- Find an Ophthalmologist American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Finding an Eye Doctor National Eye Institute
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- Flashes and Floaters VisualDX
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- How the Eyes Work National Eye Institute
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- Ophthalmoscopy Medical Encyclopedia
- Retina Medical Encyclopedia
- Retinal detachment repair – series — Normal anatomy Medical Encyclopedia
- Retinitis pigmentosa Medical Encyclopedia
- Retinopathy of prematurity Medical Encyclopedia
- Slit-lamp exam Medical Encyclopedia
- Standard eye exam Medical Encyclopedia
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Children
- Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) National Eye Institute
Related Issues
- What Is Macular Edema? American Academy of Ophthalmology