These are the 'Top Ten" facts that every patient with diabetes should know. For instance, every patient will develop the disease, but it doesn't mean they'll go blind!
Iluvien is a type of drug delivery system that may be FDA approved for treating diabetic retinopathy. Instead of laser treatment, the eye will be injected.
Diabetic macular edema has usually been treated with laser. Intraocular steroid injections combined with anti-VEGF medications, such as Avastin, more vision is restored.
There are many terms to describe swelling in macula. Usually the causes are diabetic retinopathy or macular degeneration. Keeping the terms straight can be difficult.
Pan-retinal laser photocoagulation has been the gold-standard treatment for proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Avastin injections may become a safer, better alternative to retinal laser treatment to prevent blindness.
Avastin, an anti-VEGF compound, is used to treat diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and...cancer. What is the common denominator between caner therapy and eye disease?
Avastin is the now the preferred treatment for macular degeneration in many areas. It was discovered as an anti-cancer drug and may also have implications for diabetes.
Vascular endothelial growth factor is implicated to cause loss of vision in both diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. Review of how VEGF works and effect treatments for diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.