Decreased vision impacts your quality of life. Macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy are the two leading causes of loss of vision in adults. Macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy can impact your quality of life. Your quality of life , besides visual acuity, is also used to measure the outcome, or success, of a treatment. There are many ways to … [Read more...]
Laser Treatment Still The Best
November 13, 2009 By 1 Comment
Laser treatment for diabetic macular edema is still the preferred treatment for most patients with diabetic retinopathy. Despite all the recent news about intraocular injections of anti-VEGF and steroid medications, the laser remains the mainstay. The most common manifestation of diabetic retinopathy is the development of macular edema (also known as diabetic macular … [Read more...]
Macular Degeneration; How Do We Cope?
November 10, 2009 By 2 Comments
I see patients that have lost vision from macular degeneration; wet macular degeneration and dry macular degeneration. Wet Macular Degeneration. The most severe form of macular degeneration is the wet form. Abnormal blood vessels, aka choroidal neovascularization, develop within in the layers of the retina/macula. These vessels destroy normal macular tissue and … [Read more...]
Diabetes and Retinal Detachments
November 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Two types of retinal detachments. One group, called rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, can occur in any one and involves the formation of a tear or hole in the retina. The second group, called traction retinal detachments, involves tissue forming on the surface of the retina and "pulling" the retina to form a detachment. This is the case with diabetic related retinal … [Read more...]
Here’s Blood in Your Eye!
November 6, 2009 By 2 Comments
Blood in your eye can mean many things to different people. The most common "blood" is the sudden appearance of fire engine red blood on the outside of the. It is called a subconjunctival hemorrhage. It is usually scary, painless, ugly and benign. As a black and blue bruise, it will clear in about 1-2 weeks. I am talking about blood inside your eye. Vitreous … [Read more...]
The 100th Post to RetinaEyeDoctor.com: What I have Learned, Part I
November 3, 2009 By 3 Comments
This week celebrates my 100th post to the site. I started in April, 2009, hit the 50th post in August and have been continuing to develop the site. In August, to celebrate my 50th post, I wrote about what I had learned. I would like to continue that theme this week. 1. Stay Focused with Your Writing/Blogging. This is probably the hardest part about developing a … [Read more...]
