Patient's question:
Suddenly today, I felt that things looked a bit off, a bit curved, and there was always a circle in front of me when I looked with my right eye. Objects seemed to be covered with a haze.Doctor's answer:
The causes of macular degeneration leading to visual distortion are numerous. Generally, subretinal exudative fluid accumulation causes macular edema, bleeding, and vascular rupture bleeding or leakage bleeding. Trauma, inflammation, tumors, tissue necrosis, elevated or lowered blood pressure can damage the blood vessel walls, leading to bleeding. The dysfunction of hemostasis mechanisms due to enlarged ultrastructural pores in endothelial cells and the formation of new blood vessels can cause leakage and bleeding.Classification of bleeding: traumatic bleeding, vascular rupture bleeding, inflammatory bleeding, bleeding due to hyperactive blood heat, degenerative bleeding (blood coagulation mechanism changes, Qi deficiency in Traditional Chinese Medicine failing to grasp blood, and Spleen deficiency failing to control blood). Vascular hardening, thickened blood vessel walls, reduced blood flow, retinal tissue ischemia, and tissue necrosis or bleeding. Thrombotic bleeding. Compression bleeding (e.g., intracranial tumor compression causing space-occupying bleeding).
The causes of bleeding are related to hypertension, diabetes, vascular embolism, blood diseases, kidney disease, trauma, complications of high myopia, macular bleeding, and idiopathic neovascular bleeding with unknown etiology.
Pathological process: Bleeding or exudation, edema, proliferation, new blood vessel formation, further proliferation, re-exudation, and recurrent bleeding.
Treatment primarily involves purifying the blood, repairing vascular endothelial cells, blocking new blood vessels, and guiding cells to transform positively.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), macular bleeding is typically classified as retinal artery embolism, venous embolism, peri-venular inflammation, hypertensive retinopathy, diabetic retinopathy, nephritis, blood diseases, etc., which correspond to sudden blindness (sudden loss of vision) and clouded vision (Yunwu Yijing syndrome) in TCM.
The Traditional Chinese Medicine Eye Clinic in Weicun, Shenze, Hebei, has extensive experience in treating macular bleeding. Through syndrome differentiation and diagnosis, combined with fundus conditions, they have developed a series of effective herbal formulas to restore vision in patients with only light perception. TCM can effectively treat macular edema, macular bleeding, exudation, vitreous opacity, liquefaction, and new blood vessel formation. Generally, two months of treatment can eliminate edema and exudation, and even severe cases rarely exceed three months.
TCM treats at the root by improving the body's immune function, enabling self-repair of damaged organs. Treatment simultaneously enhances vision and can be scientifically validated through OCT comparisons before and after medication. Trust in science means trusting TCM—science paves the future, and science advances TCM. Patients can undergo OCT before and after one month of treatment to see visible results.
The eyes connect to the five viscera and six bowels. In fact, any eye disease (excluding trauma) arises from dysfunction in visceral functions, blocked meridians, and impaired upward circulation of Qi, blood, and body fluids, failing to meet normal standards over time. The pathological process of eye diseases is merely an external manifestation of failures in the viscera, meridians, and visual pathways.
Every eye disease follows a process of occurrence, development, and change. Understanding this process and mastering its patterns allows for timely correction of visceral dysfunction, unblocking blood circulation, and adjusting brain and optic nerves to restore normal immune function, resolving even the most difficult conditions.
Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) is a fundus disease caused by dysfunction of the pigment epithelial barrier and serous detachment of the retinal neuroepithelium in the macular area, often affecting young adults, with unilateral onset, visual distortion, reduced size, color changes, and a circular gray or brownish shadow in the center of vision. Amsler grid distortion or bending. The foveal reflex appears diffuse. TCM treatment is highly effective, improving vision within half a month and achieving basic recovery within one to two months.
Central serous retinopathy (CSR) is also known as exudative macular hemorrhagic lesions, caused by new blood vessel formation, leakage, bleeding, and fibrosis, leading to permanent central vision loss. It may be related to tuberculosis or viral infections. Clinically, it appears normal externally but shows vision loss, shadowed vision, and visual distortion without size reduction, Amsler grid distortion, and central scotoma on visual field testing. The etiology is unclear, and Western medicine offers no definitive treatment. Laser therapy can significantly impact vision if the lesion is near the fovea, with poor outcomes and risks of blindness. Photodynamic therapy only controls progression, does not improve vision, is expensive, and prone to recurrence. Our clinic uses internal TCM treatment for fundus diseases, addressing the root cause, improving vision within half a month, and achieving basic recovery within one to two months.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) primarily presents as circular lesions and is one of the leading causes of blindness in the elderly. It appears normal externally but causes blurred vision, visual distortion, and central shadowing. The fundus is classified as dry (atrophic) or wet (exudative). In the dry type, early stages show mild pigment disturbance in the macula, unclear or absent foveal reflex, and scattered drusen; late stages may include golden foil-like changes, geographic atrophy of the pigment epithelium, cystoid degeneration, or lamellar holes. The wet type shows early pigment epithelial disturbance, absent or diffuse foveal reflex, and often fused drusen; mid-stages involve macular edema, bleeding, exudation, retinal serous or hemorrhagic detachment, and proliferative new blood vessels; late stages form circular disciform scars.
Fundus diseases are serious ophthalmic conditions and a major cause of blindness. Chen Zhan Yong’s ophthalmology expertise in treating fundus diseases is profound, specializing in immune balance therapy, regulating viscera, unblocking meridians, and combining traditional herbal formulas. Many fundus disease patients have regained sight through this approach.