A CASE STUDY: AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT IN PROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY WITH VITEROUS HAEMORRHAGE

Diabetic retinopathy (DR), one of the leading causes of preventable blindness among the global working-age population. In eye, Diabetic retinopathy is one of the major complications of Diabetes mellitus. Diabetic retinopathy is a chronic progressive, potentially sight threatening disease of the retinal microvasculature associated with prolonged hyperglycemia and other conditions linked to DM, are HTN, hyperlipidemia and protein urea etc. The severity of diabetic retinopathy increases as duration of disease increases. Sudden painless loss of vision is seen in many conditions like Central retinal artery occlusion, central retinal vein occlusion, retinal detachment, and massive vitreous hemorrhage (VH). Vitreous hemorrhage is a condition where leakage of blood is seen in vitreous cavity. Photocoagulation, which stops the leakage of blood and fluids into the retina, but doesn’t break the root pathogenesis of DR. The use of intra-vitreal pharmacotherapies in the last decade has revolutionized the management of Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) as well as Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR). Ayurveda plays a significant role in management of diabetic retinopathy and Ayurvedic treatment targets upon countering pathogenesis from the root level.[1,2,3]