Natural Remedies for a Detached Retina

While it may be best to see a professional to repair a detached retina, there are some ways to help ensure a recurrence of the injury is rare. Such remedies are easily obtained and just as easily made at home in order to improve and strengthen eyesight after surgery.

Considerations

• A detached retina is not always due to an injury. Many other factors can be attributed to a detached retina, including age and genetics. An eye-drop solution featuring pure, white sulfur powder and saline is an extremely viable, easy and natural way to help the retina recover after it has been reattached. The pure, white sulfur powder comes from the ocean and is 100 percent water soluble. It can be mixed with saline, as well as 98 percent pure aloe gel (for its regenerative and antibacterial properties) in order to strengthen the eyes, especially the retinae.

Identification

• The initial symptoms of a detached retina can be the appearance of light sparks in the field of vision. This can be followed by a sensation of floating black spots combined with the presence of noticeable blurry eyesight, especially the peripheral vision. This is a serious condition that could lead to permanent blindness, making immediate diagnosis and treatment extremely important. Spontaneous reattachment rarely occurs with the retina. In most cases, one surgical procedure to reattach the retina is necessary to restore eventual normal vision, but multiple procedures may be required depending on the extent of the damage. According to EyeHelp.co.uk, about one in 10,000 people suffer the injury each year.

Warning

• You may notice a bit of stinging from the sulfur-solution eye drops, and if so, simply decrease the amount of sulfur (and aloe, if necessary) added to the solution.