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Retinal vein occlusion

Retinal vein occlusion

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Is a type of:

Retinal disorders • Vascular conditions

How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

How common it is:

Rare

Body locations

Eye

Symptoms

Eye pain
Eye floaters
Floaters
Vision loss

Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Retinal vein occlusion
Aflibercept
4.4
5 reviews
Alteplase
3.6
5 reviews
TPA

Procedures

Ratings show how effective doctors think these procedures are at treating Retinal vein occlusion

Surgery

Laser photocoagulation
3.6
8 reviews

Tests

Optical coherence tomography

Risk factors

Personal

Cigarette smoking

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