Eye management in diabetes

Diabetic retinopathy is a eye complication of uncontrolled diabetes that presents as gradual blindness due to changes to the retina. If detected early, laser can be used to prolong eyesight as the retina is at the back of the eye where images are detected and sent off to the brain to be processed. Yearly eye examinations are required to detect the changes early when treatment is most effective.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by 13 News

Related Disease Topics:

• Diabetic retinopathy
• Diabetes

Related Symptom Topics:

• Blindness

Article Source Details

About: Eye management in diabetes

Date: 2005

Source: 13 News

Author: Melissa Brunner

URL: http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/1697332.html

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cause of retinopathy
• Cause of diabetic retinopathy
• Cause of blindness
• Cause of loss of sight
• Cause of loss of vision
• Cause of obscured vision
• Cause of poor eyesight
• Cause of reduced vision
• Cause of eye disease
• Risk and diabetes
• Risk and blood sugar
• Risk and uncontrolled diabetes
• Risk and eye disease
• Risk and diabetic retinopathy
• Risk and retinopathy
• Risk and high blood sugar
• Risk and hypertension
• Risk and high blood pressure
• Risk and diabetic complications
• Diagnosis
• Diagnosis and eye
• Diagnosis and eye doctor
• Diagnosis and ophthalmology
• Diagnosis and ophthalmologist
• Diagnosis and retinopathy
• Diagnosis and diabetic complications
• Diagnosis and loss of vision
• Diagnosis and reduced vision
• Diagnosis and poor eyesight
• Diagnosis and obscured vision
• Diagnosis and eye disease

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