How to treat macular edema

The eyes are the windows to the soul, a good pair of eyes not only helps you see things around, but also gives you a more true sense of life. But in this day and age, people often use mobile phones and computers for job training, causing serious damage to their eyes. Including macular edema in the eyes. So what is macular edema, what is the cause of this disease? How to treat macular edema? Let's find out.

In the retina of the eye there is a point of the macula, also known as the macula. Fluid accumulation in the macula causes macular edema. The accumulation of fluid causes the macula to thicken and swell, causing distorted vision. People with macular edema often do not have too obvious symptoms in the early stages. Only until the amount of fluid increases to a certain level, the eyes have the phenomenon of not recognizing colors, and the perception of objects around them is distorted that they know they have this disease.

As explained above, all the causes that appear fluid and stasis in the macula are the causes of macular edema in the eyes. When the blood vessels around the retina are damaged, fluid appears, this fluid has no place to escape, so it stagnates at the macula. There are many causes leading to damage to retinal blood vessels such as complications of diabetes, retinal vein occlusion, retinal vasculitis, ... in addition, it can also be due to age that the macula degenerates , causing fluid accumulation here causes macular edema.
In addition, there are many risk factors that increase the likelihood of macular edema that people need to be aware of, such as people with genetic factors for retinitis pigmentosa, people with vascular diseases, Eye surgery or people with trauma or tumors in the eye area, ... have a high rate of macular edema.

After learning what macular edema is as well as the causes of this disease, one more thing you should be concerned about is the diagnostic methods. In the era of medical development, the methods of diagnosing macular edema are also increasingly diverse. However, the combination of methods to thoroughly examine the patient's retina is always performed by doctors. Usually, doctors will combine methods such as basic vision testing, fluorescein angiography, Amsler grid, ... to get the most accurate diagnosis of the severity of the disease to guide them. appropriate handling.

Currently, there are many treatment methods for macular edema for patients to choose from. But also depending on the main cause of the disease, the doctor will advise the patient to choose an appropriate treatment method. There are three methods of treatment that are popular today:
Anti-VEGF injection: this method is also known as intraocular injection, its main mechanism is to reduce the growth of retinal blood vessels , making macular edema progress slowly, less severe. Treatment of inflammation: this is a method of using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the form of eye drops, oral or injectable drugs, to help limit inflammation in the face, and to limit congestion in the retinal blood vessels. reduces inflammation. Treatment of vitrectomy: This method is applied when there is a phenomenon of vitreous causing macular edema, or blood has accumulated in the vitreous. Surgical treatment is also applied when all methods of vision correction have been tried for the patient but have not achieved the desired results.

Through this article, I hope you have basic knowledge about macular edema disease. Visit your doctor immediately for more detailed advice if you are experiencing symptoms such as to keep your eyes healthy.
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