Case Report
Year: 2019 | Month: May | Volume: 9 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 448-452
Management of Central Retinal Vein Occlusion through Ayurveda: A Case Study
Dr. Shashi Prakash Gupta*, Dr. D. B. Vaghela1, Dr. Surendra Kumar2
*Ph.D. Scholar, Shalakya Dept., I.P.G.T. & R.A. Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.
1Associate Professor, Shalakya Dept., I.P.G.T. & R.A. Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.
2Ph.D.scholar, Panchakarma Dept., National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, India.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Shashi Prakash Gupta
ABSTRACT
Central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) is a retinal vascular disease. It present with sudden, unilateral blurred vision to a moderate-severe degree. Ischaemic CRVO constitutes about 20-25 percent of all cases of CRVO while the majority (75-80%) of eyes with CRVO are of the non ischaemic type. The present study deals with the patient of non-ischaemic type. The management of CRVO using various drugs, is still uncertain. Various modulators of the hemorrheological factors have been tried such as anticoagulants, thrombolytics and hemodilution but none of them is of proven benefit so far. In Ayurveda, CRVO is caused due to Raktavaha Sroto Dushti. Hence treatment was based on Raktapitta Shamana. The patient of 42 years old came with complaints of sudden right eye vision loss and centrocecal visual field defect. He was treated with Vasaguduchyadi Kashaya, Shunthi Churna, Haritaki Churna with Kriyakalpa procedures like Tarpana and Nasya. At the end of treatment right eye visual acuity was improved. Fundus examination revealed resolving of retinal haemorrhages. Observations showed that Ayurvedic approach is helpful in managing CRVO.
Key words: Ayurveda, Non-ischaemic, Kriyakalpa, Nasya, Tarpana, Visual acuity.