Background Diabetic Retinopathy
Health Encyclopedia: Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy is progressive damage to the eye's
Alternative Names
Retinopathy - diabetic
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Diabetic retinopathy is caused by damage to blood vessels of the retina, the light-sensitive outer layer of the eye. It is classified as non-proliferative or proliferative.
- Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy is the early stage of the disease and is...
Expert & Community Posts
Interview with Peter Hoogenboom - Dedicated Athlete and Type 1 Diabetic Since 1973!
By Ginger Vieira , Health Expert...elevated blood pressure, and a very small bit of background diabetic retinopathy. This was at a... Read more »
Saving Our Sight
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...like Dr. Utlaut to make early diagnoses of glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and macular... Read more »
Can insulin prevent complications?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...a sixty-two percent reduction in relative risk of diabetic retinopathy, fifty-six percent less... Read more »
Lillyforlife Achievement Awards
By Amy Tenderich , Health Expert...sweetest, most helpful lady you can imagine). When diabetic retinopathy took her vision she... Read more »
Glucose control cuts T1DM complications for 30 years
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...a sixty-two percent reduction in relative risk of diabetic retinopathy (eye disease), fifty-six... Read more »
Health Guide
Diabetic retinopathy
...Alternative Names Retinopathy - diabetic Symptoms One of the first symptoms of diabetic retinopathy is poor night vision. Other symptoms include: "Floaters" ... Read more »Treatment and Prevention
...prevents examination or treatment of another eye problem, such as age-related macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy.If you choose surgery, your eye care professional may refer you to a... Read more »Diabetic retinopathy
...from getting worse. Drugs that keep abnormal blood vessels from growing in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy are under development. Laser surgery may be used to keep vessels... Read more »Diabetic retinopathy
...Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Levels in Vitreous and Serum of Patients with either Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy or Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy. Ophthalmic Res. 2005 Jun... Read more »Fluorescein angiography
...Microaneurysms -- enlargement of capillaries in the retina. Microaneurysms are the earliest signs of Diabetic retinopathy Papilledema (swelling of the optic disc) Additional conditions... Read more »Images
Diabetic retinopathy images. Image of diabetic retinopathy in the body and its causes.... Read more »
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