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Will a vitreous haemorrhage heal on its own?
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Vaughan Tanner, a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeons at Sapphire Eye Care, explains how long a vitreous haemorrhage may take to heal on its own. He also shares that you may have a period of observation before treatment.
Vaughan Tanner, a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeons at Sapphire Eye Care, explains how long a vitreous haemorrhage may take to heal on its own. He also shares that you may have a period of observation before treatment.
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Some vitreous haemorrhages will clear spontaneously, particularly if they’re only relatively mild. Denser haemorrhages are a concern because we don’t know what is happening behind the blood. In previous years, vitrectomy was held as a last resort, and surgeons rather hoped that the eye would recover while the blood was slowly absorbed. But, as vitrectomy surgery has become much safer in recent years, then the threshold to intervention is much lower and in anybody with a sudden onset of vitreous haemorrhage or bleed, where there is concern over a possible retinal detachment or retinal tear, then blood would normally be removed fairly promptly, often within the week if possible.
