Your retina is the most delicate tissue in your body — and the most critical for your vision. Our no-dilation imaging technology means we can map every millimetre of your retina in high definition, without blurring your eyes for hours after.
The retina translates light into sight. When it's threatened — by diabetes, high blood pressure, ageing, or injury — vision can be lost silently before symptoms are even felt. Early detection is everything.
India's leading cause of preventable blindness. High blood sugar damages the retinal blood vessels — causing leakage, swelling, and eventually new fragile vessel growth that can bleed into the eye. Yearly screenings are essential for every diabetic patient, even if vision currently seems normal.
Treated with Green Laser PRP & injectionsAge-related macular degeneration affects the central part of the retina, gradually destroying the sharp vision needed for reading, driving, and recognising faces. Wet AMD can progress rapidly — early diagnosis and anti-VEGF injections can halt and even reverse vision loss.
Common in patients 50+Fluid accumulation at the centre of the retina (macula) causes blurred and distorted central vision. It can occur secondary to diabetes, vein occlusion, or inflammation. Diagnosed precisely with OCT and treated with targeted intravitreal injections.
Treated with anti-VEGF injectionsA blockage in the retinal veins leads to sudden, painless vision loss — often in hypertensive or diabetic patients. Treated with laser therapy and intravitreal injections to control leakage and protect remaining vision.
Linked to high blood pressureFlashes of light, sudden floaters, or a curtain shadow across your vision are emergency warning signs. Retinal detachment is a surgical emergency — early Green Laser barrage can seal a tear before it detaches; advanced detachment requires vitreoretinal surgery.
Green Laser barrage · act fastVitreous haemorrhage — blood inside the eye — causes sudden, dramatic vision loss and requires urgent evaluation to rule out retinal detachment or neovascularisation. Benign floaters are common with age but always worth checking when sudden or dense.
Requires urgent evaluationBeyond diagnosis — our retina clinic delivers the two most common medical interventions for diabetic eye disease, AMD, macular oedema, and retinal emergencies: precision intravitreal injections and Zeiss Green Laser therapy.
Medication delivered directly into the eye to treat fluid leakage, swelling, and abnormal blood vessel growth at the macula. The standard of care for wet AMD, diabetic macular oedema, and retinal vein occlusion — performed as a quick outpatient procedure with numbing drops.
532 nm Green Laser delivered via our Zeiss CombiLASER platform — the same precision system used across our glaucoma and retina services. Seals leaking vessels, stabilises proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and creates protective barriers around retinal tears before they detach.
Traditional retina scans require dilation drops that blur your vision for 4–6 hours — making it impossible to drive, work, or read after your appointment. Our Zeiss Clarus 700 ultra-widefield camera captures a 200° high-definition image of your entire retina in seconds, without any drops.
From a routine annual diabetic eye check to complex intravitreal injections and emergency laser procedures — our retina clinic handles the full spectrum.
Our retina suite combines ultra-widefield imaging, OCT angiography, and Zeiss Green Laser — giving us the widest field of view, deepest tissue resolution, and full medical retina treatment capability under one roof.
Trained in medical and surgical retina management at India's premier fellowship centres in Coimbatore and Kolkata, Dr. Nilesh Kumar brings subspecialty-level retina expertise to Ara. He manages the full range of medical retina conditions — from annual diabetic screening programmes to complex intravitreal injection protocols — and coordinates emergency retinal tear management. His approach is methodical: precise diagnosis first, then the most targeted intervention possible.
Every diabetic patient should have a dilated or no-dilation retina scan at least once a year — or more frequently if early signs of diabetic retinopathy are already present. Many patients have significant retinal changes with no symptoms whatsoever.
The eye is numbed with anaesthetic drops first, so the injection itself is not painful. Most patients feel only mild pressure. The procedure takes under 5 minutes. Mild redness or the sensation of a foreign body may occur for a day or two afterward.
Diabetic retinopathy cannot be reversed entirely, but its progression can be significantly slowed or halted with regular monitoring, laser treatment, and intravitreal injections. The most important factor is early detection before irreversible damage occurs.
Sudden onset of new floaters combined with flashes of light is a warning sign of a possible retinal tear or detachment. You should seek evaluation within 24 hours. Not all floaters are dangerous, but this symptom combination always deserves prompt assessment.
The number of injections varies by condition and individual response. Most protocols involve monthly injections for an initial loading phase, followed by maintenance injections at intervals determined by your OCT response. Your surgeon will review this at each visit.
Most patients can resume normal activities the same day or the next day. We recommend avoiding swimming and heavy exercise for 24 hours and keeping the eye clean and dry. Driving is possible once the eye feels comfortable — usually by the following day.
If you're diabetic, hypertensive, over 45, or experiencing any visual symptoms — a retina scan should be your next appointment. Our no-dilation scan takes under 10 minutes and gives you results on the same day.
