Diabetic cataract

Introduction: Diabetic cataract

Description of Diabetic cataract

Diabetic cataract: cataract occurring in Type 1 diabetes.
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Diabetic cataract: rare, usually bilateral, opacity shaped like a snowflake, affecting the anterior and posterior cortices of young diabetics; sometimes it can be reversed when the blood glucose is brought under control, but in most cases it progresses rapidly to a mature cataract.
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Diabetic cataract: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Diabetic cataract:

• Diabetic
• Cataract (281 causes)
• Type
• Diabetes (212 causes)
• Diabetes symptoms

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Broader terms for Diabetic cataract

• cataract
• diabetic ophthalmopathy

Source - CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Diabetic cataract

The following list attempts to classify Diabetic cataract into categories where each line is subset of the next.

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Cataract associated with other disorders
• Acquired Cataracts
• Unspecified disorder of eye and adnexa
• DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

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