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• CME
• Posted: 2008-01-08 19:44:16 By Luis G
• Dear all,
  
  First of all, I wish you have a happy new 2008!
  
  Secondly, does anybody know what the CME symptoms are? My eye doctor is suggesting me to perform a Fluorangiography to discard CME, what do you think?
  
  Greetings,
  
  Luis G

• Re: CME
• Posted: 2008-01-11 13:11:48 By Darran Z
• Luis,
  
  Looks like no one responded given that many of us have experienced CME.
  
  Most notably, CME will cause glare and "wavy" lines when you try to read. Depending on the severity of it.
  
  The Fleuroscein Angiogram that your doctor is talking about is an older technique used to diagnose SME if it cannot be seen through the scope. They inject a dye in your vein and take photos of your eye. I've had it done. But the nw OCT (Ocular Coherance Tomography) is a newer non-invasive machine that does the same thing and is precise down to the nanometer! I've had both done.
  
  Darran

• Re: Re: CME
• Posted: 2008-01-11 15:05:33 By Luis G
• Darran,
  
  Thanky you for the reply. I always have glare and most of the time I see wavy lines, but how to know if the wavy lines are due to astigmatism or the "normal" progression/degeneration of the macula/fovea as well? Of course I agree with my doctor so as to discard CME but I do not want more photos, they are very painful :(. OCT sounds good, I'm going to check if it's available in my city.
  
  Thank you Darran.
  
  Luis G.
  
  

• Re: Re: Re: CME
• Posted: 2008-01-11 15:18:27 By Darran Z
• Photos of the eye are always a PIA. But the OCT is non-invasive. The trick is to keep your eye from blinking as much as possible so the machine can scan the macula surface for any abnormalities.
  
  Do you have correction for astigmatism? If you do, and still have wavy lines, it's likely to be CME. Astigmatism doesn't change much over the course of one's life, very slight changes if at all. At least that's what I understood.
  
  Darran

• Re: CME
• Posted: 2008-01-12 00:58:46 By Barbara C
• To me, CME is like reading on a winding ribbon. The OCT (ocular tomography) test is painless, there's no glare problem, can take just a couple of minutes, no eyestrain at all.