Macular Edema — When Blurring and Distortion Start Affecting Daily Vision

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:05]The signs and symptoms of macular edema is varying. It is not a single or a single symptom. There are different symptoms and different signs in the macular edema. For example, a central scotoma. That will be a blurred area on the focusing points. If you're looking the face of a patient, the face will be blurred and other surroundings will be sometimes clear.

[00:00:31]And then comes the distortion of the object. If you are looking at a straight line, it may be seen as wavy or zigzag like that. And sometimes the object will be squeezed like not sharp in its edges. Like that different different symptoms are there. And this points to different aspects of the disease. One is the seriousness or the clinical stage of the disease.