instruction: hi doctor I went to an optometrist and diagnosed with something like below retinal exam showed od temporal area of pigmentation old carpe is tropical hole with area of retinal elevation I have attached the optomaps can you please tell me how serious is this does it need surgery
output: hello I have gone through your optomap the first left eye one seems fine the second one right eye on your left hand side has a few changes it is a bit tricky to make assumptions based on images but are you referring to the retinal elevation and hole and carpe on to the left hand side there are a multitude of options to treat such a disease some doctors with such a finding might say that it is a small hole and localized elevation and especially if you yourself have no symptoms like flashing light or floating objects might ask you to simply follow up with them and recommend observation others may recommend that you get laser or surgery done more so in case you have symptoms as mentioned above and if you have had any such incidents in your other eye or have risk factors like a high power so in summary I can say that it mainly depends on the progress your symptoms and the risk factors I can assure you that observation for a retinal problem like yours can be done because it is not involving the center part macula but the doctor may opt to treat with a laser depending on the progress of the condition once again it depends on your progress risk factors and symptoms