Contents:
- Medical Video: Vasectomy
- What is LASIK?
- Should LASIK give birth by caesarean section?
- Why do many believe about this issue?
- After LASIK, women can still give birth normally
Medical Video: Vasectomy
In the present, it is not a difficult thing to find people with visual impairments such as nearsighted or minus eye (myopia), farsightedness or eye plus (hypermetropy), or cylindrical eye (astigmatism). Various ways to get normal vision are taken, from the use of glasses, contact lenses, to surgical procedures such as LASIK.
What is LASIK?
LASIK or laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis is an operating procedure to treat visual abnormalities in the eye. This procedure involves reconstructing the shape of the cornea to regulate the beam of light that enters the eye so that the beam of light can enter and fall right on the retina.
For the record, in the minus eye, the shadow falls in front of the retina. In the plus eye, the shadow falls behind the retina, and on the cylinder eye, the shadow is not focused on one point.
Should LASIK give birth by caesarean section?
For a long time, there have been rumors circulating that women who have finished LASIK surgery may not have a normal delivery again, namely through the vagina. It is feared that if the childbirth is normal, the condition of farsightedness or minus eyes will actually get worse. Even some people believe this can lead to blindness.
Fortunately, this issue is not true. After performing this surgical procedure for the eye, women still have the opportunity to give birth normally. So it doesn't have to be a caesarean section.
Why do many believe about this issue?
In patients with minus eye, especially in the minus eye which is quite heavy (minus above 6 diopters), it is found that the size of the eyeball becomes more oblong than normal. As a result, you who have a heavy minus risk the risk of depletion or detachment of the retina.
Yes, in ancient times it was often an indication for women to give birth by caesarean section. The consideration is that if you give birth normally, you will need a lot of energy when push it (signed) thus causing eyeball pressure to rise and increase disruption of retinal function. One of them is the detachment of the retina.
After LASIK, women can still give birth normally
A number of studies actually show that there is no connection between nearsighted vision or severe minus eyes with the possibility of labor by caesarean section. It is said that both giving birth normally or by caesarean section does not affect the condition of vision and retina of the mother.
So don't worry, normal childbirth will not make the eyes minus worse or cause blindness.
In addition, in the LASIK procedure, as discussed above, the reconstructed structure is the cornea, the part that is in the front eyeball. This procedure does not involve the structures of the back of the eye such as the retina. Therefore, there is absolutely no connection between the LASIK procedure and the release of the retina during normal delivery.
That way, it was answered already, that in patients who have undergone the LASIK procedure, it is legitimate to give birth normally. The same is true for nearsighted patients who do not undergo LASIK.
But keep in mind, the obstetrician should refer to nearsighted patients to the ophthalmologist first to do a back eyeball examination (funduscopy) for assessment of retina and other structures
