The Future of Retinal Degeneration Treatment
Whenever I encounter patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in the clinic, I am overwhelmed with pain: they watch this wonderful world disappear from their eyes little by little, but there…
Category: Retinal Degeneration
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What are the tests for lattice-like degeneration?
The periphery of the presenting retina can be examined under fully dilated pupils with indirect ophthalmoscopy combined with scleral depression or with a slit lamp and contact lenses. Funduscopic examination…
What foods are suitable for patients with lattice-like degeneration?
Fissures are often found in retinal detachments. Finding the lacunae and surgical closure of the lacunae is the key to treating this disease. The lacunae are red in color with…
What are the preventive measures for lattice-like degeneration?
Fissures are often found in retinal detachments. Finding the lacunae and surgical closure of the lacunae is the key to treating this disease. The lacunae are red in color with…
How is lattice-like degeneration examined?
In cases of large retinal detachment and high augmentation, several fissures are often present and one cannot be satisfied with one fissure, especially one small fissure. In addition to looking…
How can I tell if my infant’s eyesight is good or bad?
Visual acuity is the most important criterion for reflecting good or bad visual function, and when a child has an eye problem, it is easier to draw parents’ attention if…
Do myopic patients still experience retinal degeneration after excimer laser surgery?
The greater risk of retinal fissures and detachment in myopic patients is mainly due to their longer eye axis and relatively weaker retina, and is not significantly related to surgery.…
Retinal degeneration and fissures – blindness is not an option
Are your eyes really healthy? Without a thorough eye examination by an ophthalmologist, you should not be too confident that your eyes are healthy! A. The following “lucky” thing often happens…
What is crystalline retinal degeneration?
Bietti crystalline corneoretinal dystrophy (BCD) is a relatively rare form of retinal degeneration, first reported by Bietti in 1937. The typical changes are yellowish-white glittering crystalline deposits in the retina…
What diseases can cause distortion of vision
When someone feels distorted vision, smaller vision or darker shadows in the center, it is usually due to macular disease. What are the macular diseases that can cause these symptoms? …