Abstract:
Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion (BRVO) is one of the major causes of sudden painless loss of
vision after diabetic retinopathy. Two third of patients with ischemic BRVO are prone to
blindness.There has been no treatment identied so far to reverse open the blocked vessels to
maintain perfusion and the available treatment modality (laser photocoagulation) is not effective
in the absence of macular perfusion. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efcacy of
selected Ayurveda modalities in the management of BRVO and to study the pathogenesis of
BRVO. A 68 year-old male patient with unilateral BRVO reported to the Shalakya clinic, having
a visual acuity 3/60 in right eye and 6/24 in left eye with distorted vision and visual eld defect.
His near vision was CF in right eye and N8 in left eye. The patient did not have any other
complications such as diabetic, hypertension or any other systemic disease. He was
administrated with selected Ayurveda modalities for three (03) months continuously. Treatment
protocol consisted of local and systemic therapies. After 14 days of therapy, there was marked
improvement of visual acuity. At the end of follow-up period complete remission of symptoms
was observed. Thus it is concluded that the treatment protocol which was used to treat the patient
was effective in the management of BRVO.
