{"id":89,"date":"2011-08-18T21:58:53","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T01:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en?page_id=89"},"modified":"2011-08-18T21:58:53","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T01:58:53","slug":"posterior-vitreous-detachment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=89","title":{"rendered":"Posterior Vitreous Detachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The eye is mostly filled with vitreous humor, a gel-like substance that helps maintain the shape of the eye. The vitreous humor is in direct contact with the retina, a light-sensitive tissue located at the back of the eye.<br \/>\nAs we age, the vitreous humor slowly shrinks and pulls against the retina. Usually these connections between the retina and vitreous humor break resulting in a separation between these two layers. This process is known as posterior vitreous detachment. Symptoms of posterior vitreous detachment include floaters and flashing lights in the peripheral vision.<br \/>\nIn most cases posterior vitreous detachment is not sight threatening and does not require any treatment. However, in certain cases posterior vitreous detachment can result in a <a title=\"Macular Hole\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=208\">macular hole<\/a>, a <a title=\"Retinal Tear\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=82\">retinal tear<\/a> or <a title=\"Retinal Detachment\" href=\"http:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=84\">retinal detachment<\/a>, all of which will likely require surgical treatment to restore vision.<br \/>\nStephen Ong Tone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eye is mostly filled with vitreous humor, a gel-like substance that helps maintain the shape of the eye. The vitreous humor is in direct contact with the retina, a light-sensitive tissue located at the back of the eye. As we age, the vitreous humor slowly shrinks and pulls against the retina. Usually these connections &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/?page_id=89\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Posterior Vitreous Detachment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":44,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-89","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/retinacanada.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}