Pinched vision

[Faith8867]

Anyone ever experience this post macular bleed? My daughter had a macular/edema bleed due to myopic degeneration. She was treated with Avastin around three weeks ago. She also had a blind spot at the time which has since resolved. She had a scan today and they told her she doesn't need more injections and that her macula looks OK. They told her pinched vision might resolve in time as the macula heals itself but there's no guarantees.

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Hi Faith

What do you mean by "pinched vision"? Do you mean your daughter's field of vision is narrow or do straight lines look wavy to her?

In myopic conditions the eyeball becomes somewhat elongated and that, together with edema will have caused the bleed. The blind spot she saw was probably the bleed onto the macula. It sounds promising that she does not need any more injections, though of course, there is never ever any guarantee. AVEG is only indicated when there are bleeds or leakage of fluid. They serve no other purpose. Your daughter's condition is different from wet AMD. If she notices any visual deterioration she must contact the eye clinic straight away. Checking her sight on the Amsler Grid regularly, which you can download from the internet, may be useful.

Hope all goes well for your daughter. Sending you both my best wishes.

[Faith8867 in reply to Hidden]

By pinched I mean distortion. That's the way she explained it to me. She said if she looks at words with her affected eye they pinch in together into each other. Only central vision is affected. Thanks for advice in relation to Amsler Grid. They never mentioned that to her.

[Janbeach in reply to Faith8867]

I am on the same injections and some of the letters do sort blend together at times in my vision.

[StokeySue]

Yes, I wouldn't personally have described that as "pinched" but when there's is residual oedema after a bleed I did find that anything arranged in a fixed array, including texts, looked very odd. That's what an Amsler chart helps you to track I think, I also find the grid on the TV guide a good sanity check - at it's worst the lines looked like they were waving in several directions, but slowly it has come back

[Faith8867]

Thanks Sue hopefully will be the same for her

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Yes, every time the oedema increases when I look at text I see fewer letters eg TEXT looks like TXT with the E superimposed on the X. I know the treatment is working when I can see separate letters. I had a blind spot that resolved to become unnoticeable.

The amsler and reading are good weekly checks. Any deterioration and she should call her clinic immediately. Best wishes going forward.