Macular Bleeding

There are no blood vessels that grow or come near the macula. But in the case of macular bleeding, if the macula is starting to starve from not getting the nutrients it needs, then it starts creating its blood vessels. This is a very serious situation that should be looked at by a doctor. Today we are converting what causes Macular Bleeding and how to prevent it. Enjoy the show. If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com. SUMMARY KEYWORDS macula, retina, eye, macular, nutrients, condition, blood vessels, metabolically, ski, taos, bleeding, talk, helps, high concentration, functional medicine doctor, glucose levels, zeaxanthin, cranial sacral therapy, inflammation, hemorrhaging Hello, everyone. It’s Dr. Sam, I’d like to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast. This is a show that offers cutting-edge information on how to improve your vision and overall wellness through holistic methods. I so appreciate you spending part of your day with me. If you have questions, you can send them to [email protected]. Now to the latest EyeClarity episode. Hey, everybody, it's Dr. Sam, and I want to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast. So as you can tell him on my morning walk today, I want to take a question from a listener. I'm hiking in the Carson national forest, near Taos ski Valley. And one of the things that we talk about as skiers in the winter is Taos is the four-letter word for steep. So when you get to the ski area, all you see are these huge mountains. And you go, Oh, my goodness, I can never ski this. But once you get over the lift, there are a lot of really gentle, moderate runs. And it's a great place to be any time of the year. So let's get to the question. This is a listener who has a condition called macular bleed. So her macula is bleeding. So just to remind you, the macula is the center part of the retina. It has the highest concentration of cones, it's where we see detail and color vision. And it's very vulnerable because there are no blood vessels that grow or come near the macula. But in this particular case, if the macula is starting to starve from getting the nutrients it needs, then it starts creating its blood vessels. We call this process angiogenesis. And it's a condition that's related to things like diabetic retinopathy and wet macular degeneration; it is a very serious condition; you need to go to your eye doctor and get treated immediately. Now, for the treatments, you may need to get some laser surgery if the bleeding is really out of control. This is something you're going to have to discuss with your eye doctor. Whenever I work with this kind of condition, I look at it both on a macro level, meaning systemic and metabolically and a micro level, which is on the eyeball itself. So let me give you a statistic, the eyes in the brain make a 2% of the body weight and use 25% of the food intake. So one-quarter of what we eat is needed by our eyes to stay healthy. Our eyes have one of the highest concentrations of microcapillary blood vessels. These are involved in oxygenating the eye and also getting rid of metabolic waste. Another thing to note about the retina is that it comprises about 50% of fatty acids. This is why functional medicine doctors talk about the value of omega three, especially the DHA part of omega three for retina health, brain health, and so on. Another thing to note about the retina is that it has a very high concentration of mitochondria. So I want you to remember that. So I'm going to come back to mitochondria in a minute. We know that mitochondria helps in the production of ATP. ATP is an energy that, again, helps get rid of oxidative stress free radicals and it helps reduce inflammation. So I think the first place to start with this condition after you'v...