What is Retinal Detachment (especially if you Cintiq over prescribed max of 4 hours a day)

MagicSugar

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/retinal-detachment/home/ovc-20197289

Warning signs of retinal detachment include the sudden appearance of floaters and flashes and reduced vision. Contacting an eye specialist (ophthalmologist) right away can help save your vision.

Don't stare at the blue LED light!

That's just for the Cintiq's...no info so far with VR visors.  Yeah, what happens if 3D-4K-120fps hit your eyeballs for long periods of time.

AtticusMars

What is this post? Are you saying using a cintiq causes retinal detachment? Because I seriously doubt that....

Even your own link says causes of retinal detachment are usually trauma and tissue thinning due to age and disease.

MagicSugar

AtticusMars said:

 Because I seriously doubt that....

Pixar storyboard artists 

AtticusMars

wat

throttlekitty

FYI looking at a sharp light does not cause retinal detachment. Always ask a doctors advice on medical issues.

My mother had a retinal detachment a few years ago. It was kind of funny in a way; they used a gas bubble to lift it into place for surgery. She had a "this end up" arrow on her head and had to lay a certain way for a few days.

ExcessiveZero

??? so wait my eyes are randomly going to fall out when I master art like the twilight zone?

Kwramm

I had 2 retinal detachment surgeries and no doctor said anything about LEDs. Although, conventional wisdom still applies - don't look into bright lights, they can damage your retina, no matter how healthy your eyes are.

The retina hold photosensitive cells. You can damage the cells, or you can damage the retina which holds them. Those are 2 different things. Damaging the cells doesn't require physical stresses - just look into bright lights. It doesn't cause retina detachment but it will damage or kill the cells (i.e. don't look into the sun). Retina detachment happens due to physical stress put on your eye - e.g. due to the shape of your eyeball (myopia), trauma (contact sports, accidents), pressure (altitude - climbing K2, diving).

EDIT: my problem got nothing to do with computer work - don't get scared!

Joopson

So.... this is on polycount? I don't really see the point in this post, if I'm honest. Making unfounded claims about eye damage, wherein all you do is post a link to mayoclinic, and write a few words that almost don't even connect with each other. And also calling out cintiq in particular, which is weird, considering, as far as I know, there's nothing so different about how it displays color, compared to other monitors.

Not to mention the super unpleasant picture you included with it, which has nothing to do with retinal detachment.

All in all a good example of what's wrong with General Discussion lately. This post almost feels like spam.

PyrZern

Wut ?  I'm confused.

Guess I'm here for the postcount.

Lazerus Reborn

No idea what this guy is getting at, maybe he got the wrong idea about eye trauma? I know the risk of eye strain is increased with higher refresh rates and 3D tv is supposedly capped at 4 hours a day for "reason's" but I've never heard of retinal detachment being caused by computer use. It's pretty obvious when you are over doing things along these lines as blinding headaches are hard to ignore. There are no available sources through google stating TV/PC/3D TV/ VR can cause retinal detachment, a fair few ophthalmologist's outright reject that they can cause this kind of damage.  

The standard health & safety rules apply to anyone working with PC's: (disclaimer this is abridged, research it properly for your own health)
Your body should be at right angles, screens at eye level. Appropriate light levels and reduced/ no glare. Reduce screen brightness settings to a comfortable setting. Take short breaks often and try to get outside if possible for natural light. 

The amount of long term injuries people are working to give themselves is staggering. Saw someone leaning a good foot to the side to use their mouse cause they didn't want to move some paperwork... 

Lastly if you are not working on anything color sensitive then get Flux and save yourself on eye strain. It's on my list of first installs for any new machine I use, especially on development/coding side of work. 

https://justgetflux.com/

fdfxd2

im scared now.

Stinger88

My eyes survived years of CRT monitors... Cintiqs are easy mode!

Eric Chadwick

FFS. Closing this spammy bullshit thread. Please consider carefully what you post next time. If you want to discuss an issue, add more info to your OP including sources. Pixar storyboard artists what? And don't make a BS clickbait title.