How do I strengthen my vitreous gel?

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asked Dec 27, 2022 in Eye Health by HimonBiony (600 points)
How do I strengthen my vitreous gel?

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answered Dec 27, 2022 by callfromme (11,030 points)
You can strengthen your vitreous gel by increasing your intake of vitamin C, silica, glucosamine sulfate, hyaluronic acid, amino acids, bioflavonoids and essential fatty acids.

Broccoli and cucumbers are also good foods to eat to strengthen your vitreous gel.

Vitreous gel can cause blurred or blurry vision especially if the vitreous gel forcefully tears away from the retina instead of gradually pulling away.

If the vitreous gel tears away from the retina forcefully instead of gradually it can lead to serious complications such as macular hole, detached retinas and blurry or blurred vision.

The way you can keep your vitreous gel healthy is by eating foods with essential fatty acids, bioflavonoids, amino acids, hyaluronic acid, glucosamine sulfate, silica, vitamin C.

The vitreous gel does not grow back.

The vitreous cavity can be filled with vitreous substitutes which will keep the retina in place and prevent the insertion of prosthesis after enucleation of the eye.

Vitrectomy laser surgery can be performed to help alleviate any vitreous floaters.

Vitrectomy is a surgical procedure in which the vitreous humor is removed and replaced with another fluid, and a laser is used to repair the retina.

Exercises that are good when you have vitreous detachment are eye exercises such as looking down or looking up which helps keep floaters away from the line of your vision.

You can drive with vitreous detachment if your vision is not impaired and you can see correctly.

If you can see properly and your vision still meets the standard for vision then you can continue driving with a vitreous detachment unless it gets too severe and your vision is impaired to where you have trouble seeing.

Things you should avoid and things you should not do if you have a posterior vitreous detachment include very heavy lifting, energetic or high impact exercises, such as running or aerobics.

Playing contact sports, such as rugby, martial arts or boxing.

Stress does not cause and cannot cause posterior vitreous detachment as it's a normal part of aging although stress may aggravate the posterior vitreous detachment.

High blood pressure itself does not cause posterior vitreous detachment although high blood pressure may make the posterior vitreous detachment worse.

Posterior vitreous detachment is actually a normal part of aging that occurs to everyone as they age and there's no way to prevent or reverse it.

Posterior vitreous detachment occurs when the gel which fills the eyeball separates from the retina and it's a normal and  natural part of aging.

A vitreous detachment most often occurs around age 80 or above however vitreous detachment may occur in people under 80 and may occur as early as your 50s.

As the vitreous gel peels away from the retina, it can cause people to see intermittent flashes of light.

The flashing light will usually subside over 4 to 12 weeks, but in some patients it may take a little longer.

PVD is known to usually last between a few weeks to six months.

The effects of PVD will be less obvious to you as your brain adapts to the floaters and flashes.

As we age, the vitreous slowly shrinks and then can separate from the retina, causing a vitreous detachment.

Nearsighted people are at greater risk for vitreous detachment earlier in life.

Those with a vitreous detachment in one eye are more likely to have one in the other eye.

People with PVD can usually go about their normal activities with no restrictions.

Although the condition doesn't go away, floaters and flashes become less noticeable over time.

It's common to develop PVD in the other eye in the next year or two after your first diagnosis.

What should I do if I have a vitreous detachment?

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Although a vitreous detachment is usually harmless, you could go on to develop a sight-threatening complication such as a retinal detachment.

The symptoms of a PVD often mirror the symptoms of complications such as retinal detachment or a retinal tear.

As you get older, a gel inside your eye -- called vitreous gel -- can shrink.

It can slowly detach (pull away) from your retina.

That's the nerve layer in the back of your eye that helps you focus on the images you see.

Vision problems caused by PVD usually get better over a few weeks.

Can stress cause posterior vitreous detachment?

As with retinal detachment, stress on its own cannot cause a posterior vitreous detachment (PVD).

A PVD is simply a normal process of aging in which the vitreous gel that fills the eye separates from the back of the eye.

If we reduce our water intake, this concentration may change”.

We risk the most over the summer.

“For instance, the majority of retinal detachment cases happen during the summer.

Severe dehydration may cause a contraction of the vitreous.

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