Angiopathy of the retina of the eye. Risk groups, varieties, treatment

The retina of the eye is an important organ that helps to form visual images. It is a very thin ocular membrane, adjacent to one side of the vitreous body, and the other - to the choroid of the eye. The retina contains light-sensitive fibers. It focuses the rays of light And a visual image is formed. Various diseases of the body can cause the development of retinal pathologies. This can happen, for example, due to hypertension , kidney disease or diabetes mellitus.

Risk groups

There are people who are predisposed to retinal diseases . They primarily include:

• Patients with moderate or high degree of myopia;
• pregnant women;
• Patients suffering from diabetes.

Angiopathy of the retina

Angiopathy refers to the vascular damage of the circulatory system. Most often it occurs in people who are prone to hypertension. They have various circulatory disorders, and retinal angiopathy occurs . The reasons that gave rise to the development of the disease, can be very different. In accordance with them, several varieties of angiopathy are distinguished:

• Hypertensive;
• Diabetic;
• Youthful;
• Traumatic.

Hypertensive angiopathy

This disease is characterized by an expansion of the veins and an increase in the vascularity of the vessels. Often a person has a feeling of pulsation inside the eye. The ocular fundus is covered with dilated veins. If the disease progresses, turbidity develops in different areas of the retina. When you recover, it pr He goes around, and the sight of the fundus becomes the same.

Diabetic retinal angiopathy

With the development of diabetes mellitus, the occurrence of angiopathy of the vessels of two types is possible: macroangiopathy and microangiopathy. There is damage to the walls of blood vessels. This leads to a violation of blood circulation. When the disease of large vessels, the process is called macroangiopathy, and in the case of capillary damage, it is called microangiopathy. Microangiopathy of the eye is a fairly common disease in diabetes mellitus.

Juvenile angiopathy of retinal vessels

This disease of the eye is characterized by inflammatory processes in the vessels of the retina. As a rule, venous vessels are affected. There is a hemorrhage in the vitreous of the eye and its retina. In some cases, the disease leads to cataracts, glaucoma, retinal detachment.

Traumatic angiopathy

The disease is most often formed as a result of suppressed injuries of the human chest. When the pressure in the blood vessels of the eye increases, they become damaged. There are hemorrhages in the area of the retina and optic nerve.

Treatment

When angiopathy of the retina occurs, blood flow in the vascular system of the eye becomes more difficult. Therefore, the patient is prescribed drugs that improve blood microcirculation. In the treatment of angiopathy, accompanied by diabetes, additionally prescribed strict diet. In addition, angiopathy of the retina is treated with the use of physico-therapeutic methods.