One of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus is the ocular condition that pregnancy modifies.[2] Gestational diabetes poses a very low risk for the development of retinopathy. In patients who have nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (DR), studies have demonstrated that as many as 50% may show an increase in their nonproliferative retinopathy. Approximately 5‐20% of these patients...

We report a case of a patient with hypertension and ischaemic heart disease on anti-platelet treatment, who developed uniocular profound visual loss from a submacular haemorrhage secondary to valsalva retinopathy. He was treated with a combination of intravitreal recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) gas followed by strict prone positioning. He demonstra...