Diabetes Retinopathy

Diabetic retinopathy is caused by changes in the blood vessels of the retina. When these blood vessels are damaged, they may leak blood and grow fragile new vessels. When the nerve cells are damaged, vision is impaired. These changes can result in blurring of your vision, hemorrhage into your eye, or, if untreated, retinal detachment. Diabetic retinopathy is the most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness. People with untreated diabetes are 25 times more at risk for blindness than the general population. The longer a person has had diabetes, the higher the risk of developing diabetic retinopathy. Fortunately, with regular, proper primary eye care and treatment when necessary, the incidence of severe vision loss has been greatly reduced.

  • Diabetic macular edema
  • Mild and moderate nonproliferative retinopathy
  • Severe and proliferative nonproliferative retinopathy
  • Visual acuity testing
  • Tonometry
  • Pupil dilation
  • Optical coherence tomography
  • Anti-VEGF Injection Therapy
  • Focal/grid macular laser surgery
  • Corticosteroids
  • Vitrectomy

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