03 Mar Vitreous Hemorrhage in a Patient with Diabetes
This is a great picture of a vitreous hemorrhage. The blood remains trapped/loculated between the vitreous and retina allowing a great picture and preserving the vision. ...
This is a great picture of a vitreous hemorrhage. The blood remains trapped/loculated between the vitreous and retina allowing a great picture and preserving the vision. ...
Here's a real case I faced just last week. A patient with loss of vision from bleeding in the vitreous. I never know if I should operate...
Diabetic retinopathy sometimes requires treatment with eye surgery called a vitrectomy. Surgery, however, can be avoided....
Sudden loss of vision from a vitreous hemorrhage can be devastating. In cases of diabetes, however, all is not loss and the vision is usually regained....
Bleeding occurs commonly in diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. Many patients are taking blood thinners for other reasons. When bleeding occurs in the eye, do you need to stop your medicines?...
Retinal eye emergencies all involve some change in vision. While not all situations are true "emergencies," acute loss of vision is quite frightening. Call your doctor if you have any of these symptoms....
I had a patient with sudden loss of vision. He has diabetes and I diagnosed a vitreous hemorrhage. What are the causes and possible treatments?...
Vitrectomy eye surgery is commonly used to remove blood in cases of vitreous hemorrhage. It is the basic operation of a retina specialist. Advanced proliferative diabetic retinopathy may require a vitrectomy operation for treatment....
Sudden loss of vision may be due to bleeding inside your eye. A vitreous hemorrhage can cause loss of vision in patients with diabetes. Sub-retinal hemorrhage may occur in patients with macular degeneration....
New floaters can be from a posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), retinal tear or diabetic retinopathy. ...