08 Mar What if I Have Drusen?
Drusen can be normal and do not mean the development of macular degeneration. There are other criteria that are required to make this diagnosis...
Drusen can be normal and do not mean the development of macular degeneration. There are other criteria that are required to make this diagnosis...
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....
American Diabetes Month. What every doctor should know about diabetic eye disease (read and go tell them!)....
Diabetics should not worry about the sudden development of blindness. Blindness is statistically unlikely, and if at risk, a patient has a great chance of maintaining lifelong useful vision....
Diabetes can be approached as a disease that affects blood vessels. This is true in diabetic peripheral neuropathy, kidney disease and diabetic retinopathy....
Severe vision loss in patients with diabetes has declined dramatically over the past 25 years....
When should patients with diabetes get glasses?...
Treatments for proliferative diabetic retinopathy are usually successful....
Patients with diabetes need to be examined at least annually. The reason is to be on the look out for the development of diabetic retinopathy. That's the disease that diabetes causes in the eye; it affects the retina. Diabetic retinopathy can cause anything from blurry...