Retina
When it comes to keeping your eyes healthy, it helps to understand how your eyes work. The retina is a crucial component of how you’re able to see the world around you. At Dakota Eye Institute, our fellowship-trained retina specialist, Dr. Braden A. Burckhard, provides retina education and specialized eye care to the people in our community. Retinal care (diagnosis,
education, treatment and management) is an ongoing process and Dr. Burckhard truly enjoys helping his patients understand what’s happening inside their eyes and helping preserve their vision as much as possible.
What is the Retina?
The retina is the part of your eye that allows you to see. It comprises a thin layer of tissue that occupies over 60% of the back of your eye. The retina’s role is to receive light from the eye’s natural lens before converting the light into signals. Neural signals are then sent to the brain to interpret the images in front of you.
Types of Retinal Diseases
There are many different types of retinal diseases such as:
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Macular Degeneration
- Macular hole/pucker
- Retinal Detachment
- Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
- Vitreous Hemorrhage
- IOL Exchange
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Symptoms of Retinal Damage
Any damage to the retina will result in vision disturbances. Because there are so many different types of retinal conditions, the symptoms will vary. If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, please contact us to schedule an eye exam:
- Trouble seeing at night
- Floaters: small dark spots or squiggly lines that seem to drift through the field of vision
- Blurry vision
- Difficulty differentiating colors
- Vision loss
- Blind spots
- Straight lines appearing wavy
- Flashes of light in one eye
- A curtain-like shadow over the field of vision
Don’t ignore vision changes! If retinal conditions go undiagnosed and untreated, you may end up with permanent vision loss. Dr. Braden A. Burckhard utilizes cutting-edge technology to perform diagnostic testing and provide top-of-the-line, highly individualized treatment plans.
Contact Dakota Eye Institute to learn more about retinal diseases in Bismarck, ND, today!
