What is Diabetic Retinopathy?
What is Diabetic Retinopathy?
- Diabetic Retinopathy: Diabetic retinopathy is the most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness in American adults. It is caused by changes in the blood vessels of the retina.
- Diabetic Retinopathy: retinal changes occurring in diabetes mellitus, marked by microaneurysms, exudates, and hemorrhages, and sometimes by neovascularization.
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Diabetic Retinopathy: Introduction
Types of Diabetic Retinopathy:
Types of Diabetic Retinopathy:
- Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (NPDR)
- Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR)
- more types...»
Broader types of Diabetic Retinopathy:
How many people get Diabetic Retinopathy?
Incidence (annual) of Diabetic Retinopathy: 65,000 diabetics develop proliferative retinopathy, the most sight-threatening stage in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
Incidence Rate of Diabetic Retinopathy: approx 1 in 4,184 or 0.02% or 65,000 people in USA [about data]
How serious is Diabetic Retinopathy?
Prognosis of Diabetic Retinopathy: At least 90% of these new cases could be reduced if there was proper and vigilant treatment and monitoring of the eye.
Complications of Diabetic Retinopathy:
see complications of Diabetic Retinopathy
What causes Diabetic Retinopathy?
Causes of Diabetic Retinopathy: see causes of Diabetic Retinopathy
Cause of Diabetic Retinopathy: Diabetic sugar levels damage eye blood vessels.
Risk factors for Diabetic Retinopathy:
see
risk factors for Diabetic Retinopathy
What are the symptoms of Diabetic Retinopathy?
Symptoms of Diabetic Retinopathy:
see symptoms of Diabetic Retinopathy
Complications of Diabetic Retinopathy:
see complications of Diabetic Retinopathy
Onset of Diabetic Retinopathy: After 20 years of diabetes, nearly all patients with type 1 diabetes and >60% of patients with type 2 diabetes have some degree of retinopathy.
Diabetic Retinopathy: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Diabetic Retinopathy.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Diabetic Retinopathy.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Diabetic Retinopathy:
see treatments for Diabetic Retinopathy
Prevention of Diabetic Retinopathy:
see prevention of Diabetic Retinopathy
Research for Diabetic Retinopathy:
see research for Diabetic Retinopathy
Organs Affected by Diabetic Retinopathy:
Organs and body systems related to Diabetic Retinopathy include:
Name and Aliases of Diabetic Retinopathy
Main name of condition: Diabetic Retinopathy
Other names or spellings for Diabetic Retinopathy:
Retinopathy, Diabetic eye
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