Retinal Detachment from heavy slammers

[RugerBassMan]

Any info on that?

Upon shooting up to 75 rounds of 12 ga. buck during training in a single session and shooting steel targets (feels good when you hit them) with a wildcat .375 with 270 and 300 grain bullets sometimes I get a little punchy. The 870 (non-rifle) usually gives me a sore cheek and the .375 general upper body soreness. This would be transmitted to your head and eyes.

A friend got a direct hit in the eye while playing tennis and she was smart enough to get medical attention the same morning the injury occurred. Same for golf and racquet ball.

My views are if I had a retinal detachment I would shoot nothing bigger than a .22-.250. I know if you think a RD occurred get help fast.

 

[Art Eatman]

I've had cataract surgery, and I messed up a few years later by not noticing macular degeneration in my left eye. Plenty of peripheral vision but I can't read with it.

Going. Blind. Sucks. Even one-eyed is a bummer. If I was doing something that jeopardized my eyesight, I'd take up a new line of work.

 

[MCMXI]

I wonder if shooters that suffer from detached retinas are akin to boxers that suffer from the same issue i.e. it's in their gentics. Boxers are exposed to way more punishment in the form of shock to the head, as much as 50 G's, but detached retinas are few and far between.

 

[highlander 5]

Life's full of risks RD can happen with out having any trauma to you at all I know this from personal experience. The repair is fairly simple and you can go back to normal activities once healed.

 

[Tirod]

If you suffer from diabetes your eye doctor should be taking a retinal photo to chart any progressive deterioration. And as soon as you notice a change, off for an exam. Ask Art.

I wondered why my Dad had a funny grid pattern on the refrigerator door late in life, yup, there's the reason I much more fully understand. It's really no joking matter.

I SAID IT'S NO JOKING - ok, we have other issues, too.

 

[SHOOT1SAM]

We just had a fairly lengthy thread on this subject:

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/torn-retina.823852/

Sam