{"id":13241,"date":"2019-11-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-eye-health-savannah-guthrie-eye-injury-retinal-tear\/"},"modified":"2019-11-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T00:00:00","slug":"condition-eye-health-savannah-guthrie-eye-injury-retinal-tear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-eye-health-savannah-guthrie-eye-injury-retinal-tear\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie Just Suffered a Serious Eye Injury Because of Her 2-Year-Old Son That Left Her Temporarily Blind"},"content":{"rendered":"
Savannah Guthrie has explained her absence from the Today<\/em> show this week, and it’s not your typical stomach bug excuse. The anchor suffered an eye injury while she was playing with her 2-year-old son Charley—and he got a little exuberant with a toy train.<\/p>\n “Charlie threw a toy train right at my eye and it tore my retina,” Guthrie, 47, told viewers when she phoned in to the show. “It has a really pointing edge and he threw it right at me.”<\/p>\n The injury was actually really serious, leaving the TV anchor temporarily blind in the affected eye. “It happened last week, actually, and then I lost my vision in my right eye about 24 hours later,” she revealed. “It turned out to be kind of serious. They were afraid my retina would detach. They told me to just take it easy and they’ve been doing a bunch of laser procedures to avoid having to do the whole surgery.”<\/p>\n Guthrie added, “I really did lose my vision in my right eye. It was so blurry from—not to get too gross—but there was so much blood in my eye that it completely blocked my vision.”<\/p>\n RELATED: What Causes Eye Floaters? Ophthalmologists Explain Those 'Cobwebs' You See Sometimes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n A torn or detached retina (the light-sensitive tissue that lines the back of the eye) is a serious problem that can cause blindness unless it’s treated, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology<\/a> (AAO).<\/p>\n Essentially, it happens when the vitreous gel, the clear material that fills the eyeball and is attached to the retina in the back of the eye, changes shape and pulls away from the retina. It’s a common occurrence with age, but can also happen if something causes trauma to the vitreous––like Charley’s toy train. Nearsightedness (myopia) can also make the vitreous pull away from the retina and cause retinal detachment.<\/p>\nWhat exactly is a retinal tear or detachment? <\/h2>\n