Diabetic retinopathy
Diabetes causes an excessive amount of glucose to remain in the blood stream which may cause damage to the blood vessels. Within the eye the damaged vessels may leak blood and fluid into the surrounding tissues and cause vision problems.
Review Date: 05/20/2009
Reviewed By: Deborah Wexler, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School, Endocrinologist, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M.,
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