Can Pregnant Women with Eye Minus to Natural Childbirth?
Retina off
When pregnancy occurs, a variety of hormonal changes that impact on the entire female body, including the eye. According to Dr. Referano Agustiawan, SpM, eye disorders that commonly occur during pregnancy there are two types of retinal detachments and retinal detachments regmatogen exudative.
Retinal release can be caused by various things that is great inflammation, trauma caused by collision, tumors, complications of diabetes, and preeclampsia. But most are the result of one or more tears that form holes in the retina.
Why retina can get off? There are two factors. First, the condition of the retina thin so easily torn, such as occurs in older people aged over 40 years. Secondly, the existence of liquid gel inside the eyeball or the vitreous gel (glass body). Well, gel and liquid easily seep into the holes to flow into the retina so that retinal easily separated.
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Exudative retinal detachments usually occur in pregnant women suffering from preeclampsia (high blood pressure). “In conditions of pre-eclampsia there is accumulation of fluid under the layers of the optic nerve causing vision dropped dramatically. Normally after birth fluids will disappear by itself, and the eye will be normal again, so it is not related to the eye minus or not,” said the Jakarta Eye Center Opthalmologist of this.
In these circumstances, the need to consult a doctor to take the necessary preventive initiatives. While regmatogen retinal detachments can occur in people who have nearsightedness (myopia eye) or eye minus.
The risk of tearing is greater in eyes with high minus. High minus criterion is above 6 diopters. To remember, retinal tears can basically occur in all people, not only in people who have eyes minus or plus. But, it is more susceptible to tearing of the eye minus.
Can natural childbirth
If so, is it possible if the pregnant woman with an eye minus want to deliver vaginally? Dr. Referano said not to worry, any pregnant woman with eyes minus can still perform normal childbirth. Because the risk of retinal tears are not associated with the activity either in childbirth or straining to defecate. A torn retina can occur in a collision in the head and in the eyes. Readmore…
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