Table 2 Pre- and post-intravitreal injections advice questions in patients with macular degeneration

1. What is it an intravitreal injection?

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2. What are the risks associated with intravitreal injections?

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3. How do these anti-VEGF agents work? Do they treat only the wet AMD form?

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4. Are there any medications against the dry form? How do they work?

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5. I have problems to come every month to the hospital for AMD intravitreal injections. Are there any drugs allowing me a more extended treatment interval?

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7. Should I take any medicaments after the intravitreal injection? For how long?

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8. What should avoid doing after intravitreal injection?

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9. Can I exercise and/or lift objects after intravitreal injection? And can I go swimming?

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10. Can I wear my contact lenses after anti-VEGF injection?

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11. I see a mobile bubble moving in the visual field since I have been injected. Should I worry about that?

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12. After the anti-VEGF intravitreal injection, a large blood effusion has appeared in my conjunctiva. This blood effusion is really scaring me. What can it be? What should I do?

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13. My eye keeps on tearing after the anti-VEGF intravitreal injection and it still seems to be reddened. What can it be? What should I do?

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14. I have been injected some days ago with an anti-VEGF intravitreal injection. Now I feel severe pain in my eye, which is reddened, and I noticed a severe visual impairment. What can it be? What should I do?

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