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The laser works like a sewing machine to repair a detached retina, the membrane that lines the interior of the eye. The laser beam is adjusted so that it can pass harmlessly through the lens and focus on tiny spots around the damaged area of the retina. When it is focused, the beam has the intensity to "weld" or seal the detached area of the retina back against the wall of the eyeball.
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Can a laser beam blind you?
Perhaps not completely, but it can give you partial blindness which may be worse. The damage done to the retina by a laser beam cannot be healed or repaired.
Why is it dangerous to look at a laser beam?
A laser is a beam of very strong and focused light. It is possible for this light to damage the retina of your eye permanently, and you will lose all or part of your vision.
Which part of the body can be most damaged by a laser beam?
You haven't defined what you mean by "damaged" or "easily". According to the typical popular understanding, probably the retina of the eye.
What would happen if a laser burned your retina?
If a LASER device burned you retina, you would mostly or completely blind in that eye. There would most likely be no way to repair the damage. Keep in mind that LASER beams can cut through steel !
What does laser beam mean?
A laser is the device itself, the beam is.. well, the beam coming out of the laser.
What type of laser is used in PRK?
PRK and LASIK are both performed with an excimer laser, which uses a cold beam of ultraviolet light to sculpt or reshape the cornea so that light will focus properly on the retina.
How can you get laser?
How can yo u get laser beam?What is laser beam characteristics and principles?
What is caution laser beam?
"Caution Laser Beam" is a phrase used on warning signs and labels to alert users and passersby that a laser beam may be present.
What is photocoagulation therapy?
Photocoagulation therapy is a method of treating detachments (tears) of the retina (the layer of light-sensitive cells at the back of the eye) with an argon laser. The high-intensity beam of light from the laser is converted into heat.
Which laser treatment is used to rattach a detached retina?
laser retinopexy
Which term describes reattachment of a detached retina by using a laser?
Laser trabeculoplasty
In a laser printer the beam detect mirror detects the laser beam by reflecting it to a blank?
optical fiber
