RETINA CARE CONSULTANTS. P.A. Taking Care Of Your Retina | Page 6

Latest Advances in Retina
Treatments for Vision Loss
A brand new and advanced treatment for vision loss includes the
development in imaging technology. This is commonly referred to as Optical
Coherence Tomography or OTC. By using this OTC imaging photography,
surgeons and ophthalmologists have been able to visualize any changes in
the eye resulting in earlier threatened retinopathy. There are also some
newer treatments which involve the injection into the retina to reduce
swelling. This new method leaves no significant traces or burns as do the
lasers.
O Dr Shane's best comment is asking patients "Have you ever been told there
is a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow?" We all know that rainbows do not
exist as tangible objects in the world, instead, it is an image created by the
retina in the eye, a wonderful and delicate structure. The retina is
responsible for all the color we see in our world and therefore, one could
unanimously say it is worth a pot of gold. Understanding the structure of
the retina, we could say it is similar to the inside lining of a basketball. It
has the surface area of a silver dollar and has 150 million cells called
photoreceptors. These photoreceptors create images, translate the colors
and send the image, possibly akin to the most complex transmission nerve
impulse system, as IT professionals might call it, to the brain where it is
interpreted and where they are processed into images.
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