What is Ocular Histoplasmosis? Hear From the Retina Specialists at Wolfe Eye Clinic
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- Our retina specialists are often asked what is ocular histoplasmosis? Hear from the retina specialists at Wolfe Eye Clinic about ocular histoplasmosis and how it can affect your vision.
00:00 What Is Ocular Histoplasmosis?
00:21 Identifying Ocular Histoplasmosis
00:50 Side Effects of Ocular Histoplasmosis
01:07 Ocular Histoplasmosis Treatment
I just found out i have this when i went to the eye doctor. My previous eye doctor never said anything about it.
I developed this in 1988. This was before the eye injections. I had laser therapy so now I have permanent scarring because of the lasers.
How long do you have to take injections?
I have it too. Have had 2 injections so far havent lost anymore vision but havent gained much back either.
Taking an intifungal will not help your eyes because its the vessels that grow and then leak. Then the fluid gets into your retina at your focal point. Your dr should have you see a specialist to receive eye injections.
What are the chances of OHS returning after treatment?
our ophthalmologist told us it would be extremely rare for it to return and even less likely to reoccur in the non-affected eye.
@IndianaNaturalDog that's promising news. My doc sees the tissue in my other eye too but it's not effecting my vision right now so he's not treating it. How many injections did you have? I go for my 6th one in a few weeks. I still have a blind spot and always will he says. But my vision has improved some since I started injections. I pray for all who has to deal with this craziness. 🙏
@@user-nd8yl8gi7o my 13 y/o daughter had histo a year ago and is still blind in her right eye. She had three injections but the injections actually caused more inflammation so they put her on three months of itraconizole with a 6 day IV dosing of amphotericin B. She was also on prednisone for about 8 weeks. Within three months, the lesion went dormant and all that is left is scar tissue. Unfortunately the subretinal scarring is right over the optic nerve. She's got minimal peripheral vision in the right eye.
Please help I am 39 years old mom of five and its now affecting my vision and life is so difficult...please help if you can. I used to live in Tennessee Valley River area.
if it is histoplasmois, why dont you take an antifungal like itraconazole?
I had it in my lungs when I was in my mid twenties. About 10 years later I got it in my eye then fast forward another 10 years and I had veins growing over my eye and I think it was from the same disease Now about 10 years I have it in my eye again. Does this continue to come back and keep going until all vision is lost?