RETINAL HEMORRHAGE

Course overview

RETINAL HEMORRHAGES ARE A COMMON CLINICAL MANIFESTATION IN PATIENTS VISITING AN EYE CLINIC. RETINAL HEMORRHAGES GIVE A CLUE TO AN UNDERLYING SYSTEMIC DISORDER OR AN UNCONTROLLED OCULAR DISORDER. THE EXTENT, DEPTH, AND PATTERN OF DISTRIBUTION OF THE HEMORRHAGES GIVE US A CLUE AS TO WHAT MIGHT BE THE UNDERLYING CAUSE. A DETAILED SLIT-LAMP EXAMINATION WITH FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHY AND AN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT) SCAN IS ESSENTIAL TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE AND HELP IN DECIDING THE VARIOUS TREATMENT OPTIONS TO PREVENT VISION LOSS. THIS ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF RETINAL HEMORRHAGES.