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what the risks are retinal dye injection, retinal photography, eye angiography, fluorescein angiography, eye test that uses an orange-colored, fluorescent dye, fluorescein, and a special camera, to take pictures, analyze the blood circulation, in the retina, choroid mydriatic eye drops, drops that make the pupil dilate, administered, chin, on a chin rest, forehead against a support bar to keep the head still, photographs, the inside, the eye, dye is injected into a vein, bend, the elbow, antecubital vein, the dye is injected, a series, photographs, afterwards, needle is removed, pressure is applied, injection site, several minutes, photographs, taken up to 20 minutes, injection, allergy, dye is rare, a history of allergies, arrange, transportation, vision blurred up to 12 hours, instruct to discontinue drugs that could affect the test, "special considerations", must sign an informed consent form, must remove contact lenses, tell the health care provider, hypersensitive reaction to iodine, tell the health care provider, pregnant, infants, children, test is more commonly performed on adults, rarely performed on children, physical, psychological preparation, procedure depends on child's age, interests, level of trust, prepare child, they correspond to child's age, infant test, procedure preparation, birth to 1 year, toddler test, procedure preparation, 1 to 3 years, preschooler test, procedure preparation, 3 to 6 years, schoolage test, procedure preparation, 6 to 12 years, adolescent test, procedure preparation, 12 to 18 years, the needle is inserted, a small amount, pain, stinging felt, dye is injected, mild nausea, a warm sensation experienced, very brief, this test is useful in determining, proper circulation, in the retinal vessels, performed to diagnose, follow treatment of problems, in the eye, normal values, vessels appearing of a normal size, blockages, leakage, blockage, leakage is present, pictures, map the location, an abnormal value on a fluorescein angiography, detect, diabetic, other retinopathy, macular degeneration, cancer, tumors, circulatory problems, inflammation, edema, microaneurysms, enlargement of capillaries, in the retina, microaneurysms, the earliest signs of diabetic retinopathy, papilledema, swelling, the optic disc, additional conditions under which the test performed, diabetic retinopathy, hypertensive retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinal detachment, retinal vessel occlusion, retinitis pigmentosa, slight chance of infection, the skin is broken, a person is hypersensitive, dye, nausea, vomiting, dry mouth, increased salivation, a "metallic" taste, feeling dizzy, faint, hives, sneezing, increased heart rate, serious allergic reactions, urine, darker, two, miotic eye drops, drops which cause contraction, the pupil, prevent a clear view, the fundus by preventing wide dilation, the pupils, cataracts, have less accurate test results, the difficulty seeing the fundus, yanoff m, duker js, augsburger jj, et al, eds, ophthalmology, mosby, 800-805, singh ad, rundle pa, rennie i, retinal vascular tumors, ophthalmol clin north am, 2005 mar, 18(1), 167-76, x.