Spring morning at the Quinze-Vingts National Hospital in Paris. The man who waited for a few minutes in the small waiting room on the first floor, after sixty, seems to be depressed. Sitting, he twists his hands in all directions, while anxiously looking at the front door. He is due to receive his first injection of age-related macular degeneration (ARD) this morning, which strikes him in one eye. The door suddenly opens on the nurse.Come to us.«.
Behind him, in a mini-operating room, a surgeon in green clothes makes a syringe. For long minutes, the doctor և nurse carefully disinfects the patient’s previously anesthetized eye before gently inserting a very thin needle into it. «The first time is always impressive, many patients are afraid to take their eyes off. But in reality it is harmless and completely painless
Source: Le Figaro
