That's the lining at the back of your eye that changes light into images. The blood vessels can swell, leak fluid, or bleed, which often leads to vision changes or blindness. It usually affects ...

It occurs when high blood sugar levels damage small blood vessels in the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. These damaged blood vessels leak fluid into the macula ...

The retina’s job is to take in light and transfer signals to your brain via a nerve at the rear of your eye called the optic nerve. Small blood vessels connected to your retina leak fluid or ...

However, macular edema is not an eye condition on its own. Instead, it usually develops due to conditions that cause fluid to leak into the back of the eye. Several underlying conditions can ...

Also, if a retinal vein is blocked, blood may not drain from the retina, which can cause blocked blood vessels to begin to bleed and leak fluid. This is a hereditary eye disease in which ...