How to treat macular edema? Can fundus macular edema be cured? How to treat macular edema?

Macular edema is a common eye disease in real life. The appearance of yellow spots and edema in the eyes can greatly affect vision and damage the retina, making the yellow spots in the eyes more serious. People with macular edema can first be treated with medication. You can take some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing drugs to improve blood circulation in the eyes and repair the retina.

How to treat macular edema?

Treatment of macular edema:

1. Treatment by Traditional Chinese Medicine: Traditional Chinese Medicine uses syndrome differentiation and treatment as the main principle to improve fundus circulation, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, cool blood and stop bleeding, fight inflammation and detoxify, soften blood vessels, repair damaged blood vessel walls, and improve the patency of retinal blood vessels. On the one hand, it provides nutrients for nourishment, and on the other hand, it removes blood stasis and promotes new blood flow, improves eye tissue, promotes the absorption of eye disease changes, restores vision, improves visual field, and enhances the brightness of the eyes.

2. Antioxidants: Patients can take some health products containing vitamin C and vitamin E orally in their daily lives. This can effectively prevent damage to cells, protect photoreceptor cells, and act as a nutrient for retinal tissue.

3. Laser therapy: It mainly uses the heat energy generated by laser to destroy the abnormal new blood vessels in the patient's macular area. Laser therapy can block existing neovascularization but cannot prevent the formation of new neovascularization. It is a symptomatic treatment.

Can macular edema be cured?

The severity of macular edema is generally determined based on OCT examination. Severe cases require vitreous injection of anti-VEGF drugs for treatment. Mild cases can be treated with medication and the patient will recover slowly.

What is macular edema?

Macular edema refers to an inflammatory reaction and fluid infiltration in the macula, the most light-sensitive part of the retina at the fundus, which causes edema and severe vision loss. It is the ocular manifestation of various eye diseases such as central retinal vein occlusion, diabetic retinopathy, central serous chorioretinopathy, and uveitis.

What are the causes of macular edema?

What are the causes of macular edema in the fundus? Experts from Shenzhen Xima Lin Shunchao Eye Hospital said that macular edema is a common complication of eye disease. Many reasons can cause macular edema. If it is not treated well, it will cause blindness. Therefore, knowing the cause can help avoid and treat macular edema as early as possible.

Macular edema is an ocular manifestation of many eye diseases such as central retinal vein occlusion, diabetic retinopathy, central serous chorioretinopathy, and uveitis. Cause:

1. Diabetic retinopathy; 2. Central retinal vein occlusion and branch retinal vein occlusion ; 3. Uveitis, especially central uveitis ; 4. Retinitis pigmentosa ; 5. Use of topical eye drops; 6. Retinal vasculitis; 7. Retinal telangiectasia; 8. Age-related macular degeneration; 9. Intraocular tumors; 10. Pseudocystoid macular edema.