Macular Degeneration and Antioxidants Topical Steroids and Adrenal Suppression
ثبت نشده
چکیده
PREVENT DIABETES AMD is an acronym for “Age Related Macular Degeneration”. It is a disease where the retina degenerates, destroying central vision, leaving only peripheral vision. It is the leading cause of blindness in people over 55 years of age, affecting between 25 and 30 million people worldwide. In the journal Ophthalmology (February 2008, Volume 115, Issue 2, Pages 324-333) found Macular Degeneration and Antioxidants
منابع مشابه
Intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide as treatment for chronic uveitis
Chronic intraocular inflammation such as chronic uveitis can lead to cystoid macular oedema, papilloedema, and vitreous opacities temporarily or permanently reducing visual acuity. Chronic uveitis has usually been treated by topical or systemic application of steroids. Topical treatment, however, often has not been sufficiently effective to suppress intraocular inflammation and to reduce cystoi...
متن کاملIntravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide as treatment for chronic uveitis
Chronic intraocular inflammation such as chronic uveitis can lead to cystoid macular oedema, papilloedema, and vitreous opacities temporarily or permanently reducing visual acuity. Chronic uveitis has usually been treated by topical or systemic application of steroids. Topical treatment, however, often has not been sufficiently effective to suppress intraocular inflammation and to reduce cystoi...
متن کاملIntravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide as treatment for chronic uveitis
Chronic intraocular inflammation such as chronic uveitis can lead to cystoid macular oedema, papilloedema, and vitreous opacities temporarily or permanently reducing visual acuity. Chronic uveitis has usually been treated by topical or systemic application of steroids. Topical treatment, however, often has not been sufficiently effective to suppress intraocular inflammation and to reduce cystoi...
متن کاملNew approaches and potential treatments for dry age-related macular degeneration.
Emerging treatments for dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and geographic atrophy focus on two strategies that target components involved in physiopathological pathways: prevention of photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium loss (neuroprotection induction, oxidative damage prevention, and visual cycle modification) and suppression of inflammation. Neuroprotective drugs, such as ci...
متن کاملSkin rash associated with intravitreal bevacizumab in a patient with macular choroidal neovascularization
PURPOSE The purpose of this observational case report is to describe a case of skin rash after intravitreal use of bevacizumab. METHODS A 50-year-old man with choroidal neovascularization in the right eye due to age-related macular degeneration was treated with three intravitreal injections of bevacizumab. RESULTS Twelve days after the first injection, the patient developed a maculopapular ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
دوره شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012