08 Mar New Diabetic? 5 Tips To Save Your Sight
Here are 5 Things every diabetic patient should know about diabetic retinopathy and saving their sight. ...
Here are 5 Things every diabetic patient should know about diabetic retinopathy and saving their sight. ...
Diabetes increases your risk of 2 types of glaucoma. The...
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....
There are two types of blindness; legal blindness and complete blindness. Diabetic retinopathy can cause both types of blindness, while macular degeneration causes only legal blindness....
Neovascularization develops in both macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. It is the neovascular tissue, or abnormal blood vessels, that causes blindness and is mediated by VEGF....
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....
Hemoglobin A1C values are now used to not only treat blood sugar levels, but to diagnose diabetes as well. With earlier diagnosis, vision loss may be decreased due to earlier, and easier, diagnosis....
I had a patient with sudden loss of vision. He has diabetes and I diagnosed a vitreous hemorrhage. What are the causes and possible treatments?...
Ophthalmic drug delivery is changing with sustained release technology. Icon Biosciences, Inc., announces their intent to test a new anti-inflammatory extended release eye product. ...
There are risks to every medical procedure. The risks of intravitreal injections are low, but include blindness from infection and possibly retinal detachment. How to safeguard against infection from intraocular injections....