07 Jul Does Sleep Cause Retinal Detachments?
Retinal tears can cause a retinal detachment. A posterior vitreous detachment increases the chances of getting a retinal tear. This may happen during normal sleep....
Retinal tears can cause a retinal detachment. A posterior vitreous detachment increases the chances of getting a retinal tear. This may happen during normal sleep....
Iluvien nears FDA approval and is likely to be the first injectable,sustained release drug delivery system for the treatment of diabetic macular edema....
anti-VEGF medications are standard for the treatment of macular degeneration, but may also become very effective treatments for diabetic eye disease....
Most macular degeneration is NOT inherited. The risk factors for developing the disease, however, are inherited. A thorough eye examination can exclude the disease....
Giant retinal tears are a devastating type of retinal detachment. Surgical repair is very difficult and blindness often occurs. I have had success using a heavy liquid....
Patients should stop treatment for wet macular degeneration if the treatment isn't working or the vision has not improved as expected. Doctors should support this decision....
Wet macular degeneration and many cancers are now treated by anti-VEGF medications such as Avastin. Both diseases are dependent upon VEGF for growth....
The goals of treating wet macular degeneration are just like treating cancer and are easier to understand by viewing the eye disease as a tumor. Really....
Sudden vision loss is an emergency. True sudden loss is usually painless, but causes other than the eye can cause pain....
The number of injections given for wet macular degeneration varies from doctor to doctor. There is no firm guideline for us to follow. We follow recommendations of the manufacturer and our peers....