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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
TPA
Alteplase
Aflibercept

Procedures

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

Surgery

Surgery
Laser photocoagulation

Tests

Optical coherence tomography

Risk factors

Personal

Cigarette smoking

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