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Will drops replace eye injections for retina disease, experts answer
Updated On: 15 July, 2023 09:06 AM IST | New York | IANS
The study, published online in Frontiers in Neuroscience, found that an experimental eye drop treatment was twice as effective as the standard injection therapy at reducing swelling and improving blood flow within the retina of mice with RVO
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Eye drops could be a more effective -- and comfortable -- therapy for a common eye disease currently treated with injections into the eye, suggests a study.
Retinal vein occlusion (RVO), an eye disease that affects up to 2 per cent of people over age 40, occurs when a vein in the eye`s retina becomes blocked, leading to swelling in the eye, inflammation, damage to the retina, and vision loss.
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