What is needed is for pharmaceutical companies to develop an anti-VEGF drug that can be delivered as drops instead of injections.

nice

Any cure for glaucoma? Besides the drops m very panic if I going to b blind in coming years as my mom is blind due to glaucoma in no tym plz🙏

@newyorkeyecancercenter8310

2 жыл бұрын

Please join this network for questions! facebook.com/groups/ECNPatients

This procedure sounds horrible. I just cannot wrap my head around having a needle stuck into my eye ball. I would think that the iodine solution used to sterilize the eye really make the eye burn once the numbing drops dissipate. I wonder how much people get an eye infection even when sterile procedure protocols are used? Usually, it is said that this kind of procedure won’t hurt a bit. Or that the procedure in tolerable by the patient accepting it. Hopefully, a procedure in the future will be developed so that needles are no longer needed to administer medication into an eye.

@theeyecancerfoundation

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Hello Sarah. The procedure is basically painless, due to the eye drops applied. At no point in time is the patient strapped down to the chair. Also, the eye drops do not burn. Currently there are practices that are moving away from the needle, and we are working on less invasive ways of curing eye cancers! Thank you for watching. Do not be scared, as many people have had this procedure and it is just a way of life for them.

@sarahmccoy1941

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@@theeyecancerfoundation Do these injections increase a patient’s risk for developing glaucoma?

@rmeretired

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I see a retina specialist in Alabama. My personal experience is that the injection itself is not a traumatic event or painful at all. I believe it's probably just more psychological for some folks. Have been getting Eylea Injections every 6 weeks now for a year and it has improved my condition considerably.

@skyeblue5669

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In 2 weeks I'm starting my eye injection journey.. I'm so Scared..Doctor said I'll need injections once a month for 1 or 2 years..😫😢 Is there a VITAMIN that I could take f ok r Fluid behind my eyes???