Is vitreous opacity a minor injury

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My son is in senior three this year. Two days ago, he was injured in a fight with others at school. Later, he went to the hospital and found that it was vitreous opacity. Now I'll share some relevant knowledge with you.

Is vitreous opacity a minor injury

Vitreous body is the new supersedes the old. It is a special mucoid colloid tissue. It is transparent gel state, and has no blood vessels and nerve tissue. Its metabolism is very slow. Its nutrition and metabolism are completed through the diffusion of neighboring tissues. Vitreous opacity refers to the opacity in vitreous. It is not an independent eye disease, but one of the common clinical signs of Ophthalmology.

Second, the common causes are: vitreous degeneration in the elderly, retinal or uveal hemorrhage into the vitreous, high myopia, congenital residual embryonic cells or tissues in the vitreous, eye trauma, intraocular foreign body retention, parasites and tumors.

Third, physiological patients do not need treatment, pathological patients should be treated according to the cause of the disease. In general, anti-inflammatory or hemostatic treatment should be carried out first, followed by iodine preparation, hyaluronidase, urokinase or calcium to promote absorption, and physical therapy such as ultrashort wave, ultrasound and sodium iodide iontophoresis can also be used.

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Patients with vitreous opacity should pay more attention to rest at ordinary times and have a reasonable diet. Patients should take eye fumigation bath, that is, hot water, hot towel or steam fumigation bath, 1-2 times a day, about 5 minutes each time, in order to alleviate the disease, or combined with face washing and drinking hot water.