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Fluid in retina
There is low visibility problem from 3 months while i wear spectacles all the time.Yesterday i consulted from a doctor and after doing OCT of my eye she told me that there is blood spot in my eye and fluid is filled in my eye and suggested me to take a injection in my eye.
Is it safe to do so or any other option is availiable without injecting the eye.
Also she suggested three types injection of Rs 27000, Rs 17000 and Rs 8000. Is all three injections works same and safe to use. Can i take the injection of Rs 8000?
What is the reason of being this type of problem in my eye?
Injecting the eye is only option or other options are availiable. And in case of injecting the eye it is safe or not??
As per your description there might be vascular occlusion with CME or CNVM (if high glass no) ... treatment of choice is injections as advised. 17k / 27 k ( ranizumab) injections are approved for intraocular use while 8 k injection (avastin) is for systemic use, it's intraocular use is off label. Being a multidose vial ,with avastin risk of infection is higher otherwise it's equally effective. The same pros and cons can be discussed with your retina specialist and go ahead with any of these injections.
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What you are describing is a case of macular edema. It occuurs in patients of diabetes or retinal vein occlusion. The treatment for it is intravitreal injection i. e. injection in the vitreous gel in front of retina. It is mostly safe and negligible pain is experienced during injection. 3 different drugs are used of which avastin is not approved by FDA and used in india off label. While other two i.e. lucentis and accentrix are FDA approved. After a single injection a review is done and if required upto 3 injections are given my most retina specialits.
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