Our goal at Retina of Opelika & Metro-Columbus is to assist you in preserving and improving central and peripheral vision as much and as long as possible regardless of your age, other medical conditions, and your working status. Ram Peddada, MD is a board certified ophthalmologist and fellowship trained retina specialist with many years of experience in treating retinal diseases.
Dr. Peddada's experience includes treatment of vitreoretinal conditions such as retinal tears, retinal detachment, epiretinal membrane, vitreomacular traction, macular hole, vitreous debris, dry and wet age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, vasculitis, vascular occlusions, uveitis, choroidal lesions, and endophthalmitis.
Dr. Peddada's experience includes treatment of vitreoretinal conditions such as retinal tears, retinal detachment, epiretinal membrane, vitreomacular traction, macular hole, vitreous debris, dry and wet age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, vasculitis, vascular occlusions, uveitis, choroidal lesions, and endophthalmitis.
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Retina of Opelika & Metro-Columbus is a medical practice devoted to providing state-of-the-art medical and surgical retinal care.
We treat a host of eye health conditions including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, hypertensive retinopathy vein occlusion, uveitis, retinal detachment, retinal tears, macular holes, epiretinal membrane, vitreous floaters, flashes, and we provide surgical repair of complications from cataract surgery including dropped nucleus and macular edema.
We treat a host of eye health conditions including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, hypertensive retinopathy vein occlusion, uveitis, retinal detachment, retinal tears, macular holes, epiretinal membrane, vitreous floaters, flashes, and we provide surgical repair of complications from cataract surgery including dropped nucleus and macular edema.
Diabetic eye disease is a leading cause of blindness in the United States and is caused by changes in the retina's blood vessels. Blood vessels can swell and leak fluid, and may progress to complete blockage. New blood vessels can then grow on the retinal surface which are prone to bleeding. This is called Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.
Age-related macular degeneration is a painless eye disease that gradually destroys sharp, clear, central vision, typically in adult patients over the age of 50 years. It is the leading cause of loss of vision in this age group. Macula is the part of the eye that allows you to have central vision which gives the ability to read and see fine detail.
Retinal tear is the most common cause of retinal detachment. Other torn retina causes are raction from diabetes and spontaneous leakage behind retina. Retinal tear occurs due to traction on the retina due to a vitreous gel that has become liquefied and mobile in some regions and still a membrane or strand like material adherent to the periphery.
Glaucoma is actually a group of eye conditions that cause damage to your optic nerve, mostly due to unusually high pressure in your eyes. It is also one of the leading causes of blindness for adults aged 60 and older, though it can occur at any age, often without warning signs or symptoms.
Glaucoma's effect on your vision is so gradual that you likely won't notice any vision changes until it reaches an advanced stage, when vision loss cannot be recovered.Glaucoma is one of many reasons to have your eyes checked regularly. If diagnosed at an early stage, it can be treated, and resulting vision loss can be slowed or even prevented.
Glaucoma's effect on your vision is so gradual that you likely won't notice any vision changes until it reaches an advanced stage, when vision loss cannot be recovered.Glaucoma is one of many reasons to have your eyes checked regularly. If diagnosed at an early stage, it can be treated, and resulting vision loss can be slowed or even prevented.
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