How is Macular Oedema and Diabetic Retinopathy Treated

Hello there, how are you doing? It's been a little while now, so sorry for the break. 

We've been talking about diabetes and it's effect on our eyes for a few weeks. Today, we would be concluding the topic by answering the following questions:
*How is macular oedema treated
*How is diabetic retinopathy treated
*Is the vision lost due to diabetic retinopathy reversible
*What can be done if vision is lost due to diabetic retinopathy



How is Macular Oedema Treated?

Macular oedema is treated with laser surgery. This procedure is called focal laser treatment. Here several hundred small laser burns in the areas of retinal leakage surrounding the macula. These burns slow the leakage of fluid and reduce the amount of fluid in the retina. The surgery is usually completed in one session. However, further treatment may be needed.

If you have macular oedema in both eyes and require laser surgery, generally only one eye will be treated at a time, usually several weeks apart.

Focal laser treatment stabilizes vision. In fact, focal laser treatment reduces the risk of vision loss by 50 percent.


How is Diabetic Retinopathy Treated?

During the first three stages of diabetic retinopathy, no treatment is needed unless you have macular edema. To prevent progression of diabetic retinopathy, people with diabetes should control their levels of blood sugar, blood pressure, and blood cholesterol.


Proliferative retinopathy is treated with laser surgery. This procedure is called scatter laser treatment. Scatter laser treatment helps to shrink the abnormal blood vessels. The doctor places 1,000 to 2,000 laser burns in the areas of the retina away from the macula, causing the abnormal blood vessels to shrink. Because a high number of laser burns are necessary, two or more sessions usually are required to complete treatment. Although some loss of side vision may be lost, scatter laser treatment can save the remaining sight. Scatter laser treatment may slightly reduce color vision and night vision.

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