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Can Roller Coaster Cause Retinal Detachment

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I would ask your retina surgeon but I would say to avoid the thrill rides. In my practice I tell patients with retinal tears retinal detachment high myopia or other risk factors for retinal detachment to avoid amusement park rides roller coasters and other thrill rides bumper cars etc boxing yoga movements where they stand on their heads gravity boots and activities that jerk the head violently back and fourth. Pdf Macular Hemorrhage After Roller Coaster Riding In A Single Eyed Patient With Congenital Glaucoma Retinal detachment occurs when the eyes retina separates from its position. . Both patients were found. Most common cause is a hole or tear in the peripheral retina cuased by the vitreous jelly inside the eye shifting and pulling on the retinaThe jelly changes from thick jelly to more watery with age and thus shift in the eye cuasing traction and the tear in the eye. After all this time the retina in the operated eye is likely very s...