01 Mar Diabetic Macular Edema: Have No Fear
Diabetic macular edema occurs in virtually every patient with diabetes. It is the most common "complication" of diabetic retinopathy. Treatment is safe, painless and effective....
Diabetic macular edema occurs in virtually every patient with diabetes. It is the most common "complication" of diabetic retinopathy. Treatment is safe, painless and effective....
Macular degeneration affects those over 55, those of northern European ancestry, both eyes and causes decreased vision. Diagnostic tests can be performed....
What happens when a retinal detachment isn't or cant' be fixed? Blindness is the natural history of a retinal detachment. Sometimes, too, the eye becomes disfigured....
Most macular degeneration is NOT inherited. The risk factors for developing the disease, however, are inherited. A thorough eye examination can exclude the disease....
Optometry students frequently rotate through our office. One of our visiting students had the chance to watch me in the operating room. I asked her to write about the experience...
A patient loses vision in one eye and develops signs of a retinal detachment in the other. Having read this blog, he knew to email me. He saved his own eye!...
Distortion is usually caused by retinal disease, but not necessarily from macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy. There are other causes and most are treatable....
Drusen are white spots in the retina that are associated with macular degeneration. Drusen can also be normal for many people without the disease....