Detached retina and weight training

Is there a significantly increased risk of a detached retina occuring during
weight training? I ask this because I do some resistance training and I'm
blind in one eye and very short sighted in the other (-5.5) and I'm
concerned that my training might cause a detached retina in my one useful
eye. Am I just being paranoid?

Has anyone heard of a detached retina occuring during weight training? What
normally causes a detached retina?

TIA.

 

Fighting in the gym.
Picking your nose whilst doing dumbell curls.

 

www.google.com -> "detached retina" ->
http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/retinaldetach/index.asp

 

If you strain too hard to make a lift, your eyes could literally pop
right out of your head.

 

http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/retinadetach.htm

See your doctor / optometrist

 

Only an ophthalmologist (Dr) is qualified to give advice on that subject.
Not an optometrist (OD).

 

This is why we come to MFW.

All this great medical info!!

Thanks man!!

 

Not to mention the rectal prolapse.

 

Only an ophthalmologist (Dr) is qualified to give advice on that
subject.An OD may be trained to recognize a detached retina, but an ophthalmologist
is a lot more knowledgeable about the causes and prevention. I suppose you
are going to tell me that an OD is better than a ophthalmologist to repair a
detached retina?

 

My optometrist missed the detachment. He diagnosed it as something
else. However he absolved himself in my eyes by referring me to a well
qualified ophthalmologist who diagnosed the detachment.

 

Umm. Detached retinas are *not* something that an optometrist is
qualified to treat, and are *not* comparable to cavities in seriousness.

Only an ophthalmologist (a form of medical doctor) is qualified or
legally permitted to treat such things as detached retinas, which
requires surgery.

Optometrists are legally allowed to prescribe and fit eyeglasses, but
not to perform surgery.

 

lol What's this?

 

what is treatment and prevention?
please, useful things, not butcher's lies.

 

Oh, for goodness sake, let's not start on that.

I have diagnosed many retinal detachments, holes, and breaks during my
career. It is not that difficult, especially if one dilates the eyes
and uses the proper ophthalmoscope.

Insofar as repairs go, of course optometrists don't do that, but
neither do many ophthalmologists. In my area, the vast majority of
repairs are done by the retinal subspecialist. I once had the good
fortune of doing grand rounds with a local retinal specialist, as I had
come to think that I was "over-referring" patients to the
subspecialist. What I found was an entire day of patients who were
referred mostly by the general ophthalmologists in the area for the
very same conditions I had been referring, with an equal number of
false positive referrals. BUT, better to be safe than sorry.

With optometrists performing the majority of eye exams in the U.S. (by
virtue of numbers and distribution) you can be darn sure that they are
trained to diagnose retinal detachments.

DrG

 

Please go to a retinal specialist and get an indirect ophthalmoscopy
done (full retinal exam) The ophhalmologist will examine the whole
retina thoroughly and check if there are any weak spots.

 

Please go to a retinal specialist and get an indirect ophthalmoscopy
done (full retinal exam) The ophhalmologist will examine the whole
retina thoroughly and check if there are any weak spots.

 

Hrm. Tell that to my mom's quack, a board-certified ophthalmologist,
who treated her for 5 years for nonexistent AMD and missed the macular
hole in one eye and the macular bubble in the other.

I know, I've done a lot of bitching about this jerk, but how on earth do
you know when a doc is a quack if he seems to have all his ducks in a
row? It's scary when you can't trust the experts...

--
Cheers,
Bev
==========================================================
"The last thing you want is for somebody to commit suicide
before executing them."
-Gary Deland, former Utah director for corrections

 

I have diagnosed many retinal detachments, holes, and breaks during myMaybe you can diagnose a retinal detachment, but apparently you cannot read.
The original poster is not looking for a diagnosis of an existing situation,
he is looking for advice about the possibility of a detachment occurring
during strenuous physical activity.

 

From whom? The jerk's partner? Every time you go to one doctor,
duplicate the visit with a different doctor and then do it again if
there's a disagreement? Somebody on line will sell me information about
the doctor of my choice -- complaints, disciplinary action, patient
comments, etc. Why can't we just check with the licensing board
ourselves for NO charge?

Look, my mom being unable to drive or read the newspaper or even read
the goddam basketball scores on her 36" TV set is not YOUR fault, but if
your idea about second opinions has any value at all you have to do it
every single time you visit any doctor. My mom trusted this bastard for
over 10 years. He's board certified. He's respected by other doctors.
She's had glare problems ever since he did her cataracts -- which he
told her is normal.

I want the bastard's head on a platter, but there's no way on earth I
can get it.

--
Cheers,
Bev
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Of course SoCal has four seasons:
Earthquake, Mudslide, Brushfire, and Riot

 

Most of the time, the problem isn't that the doctor is a quack, it's
that he's mistaken. So, while checking with the licence board can't
hurt, it won't often help.

Nor can civilians tell a good doctor from a bad doctor, until far too
late.

Even if the doctor is a jerk, his partners may succeed where he has
failed. I always arrange things so I eventually see multiple doctors
from a given practice. If they all agree, your chances are much
improved.

Ten years? One second opinion at year one or two probably would have
done the job. It sounds like the doctor couldn't see through the
cataracts.

So, the court didn't agree with you?


Second opinions may be a bad approach, but no better approach is
available. If it takes a thief to catch a thief, it takes a doctor to
catch a doctor.

Joe Gwinn