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Diabetic Retinopathy

What is Diabetic Retinopathy?

A preventable cause to irreversible blindness

Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a serious vision-threatening complication of diabetes. It is the second leading cause of blindness in Malaysia that might be irreversible. It affects people’s lives with diabetes. It causes progressive damage to the retina’s small vessels, which are light-sensitive layers of nerve tissue in the back of the eye.


What is the Risk Factor of Diabetic Retinopathy?

Duration of diabetes > 10 years

High blood sugar level, blood pressure, cholesterol

Smoking

Kidney failure

Anaemia

Pregnancy in diabetes

Recent Eye Surgery, Eg Cataract Surgery

How does Diabetic Retinopathy Progresses?

What are the Diabetic Retinopathy Grading?

What are the Treatment Options?


What are the Complications?

  • Rubeotic Glaucoma
  • Retinal Detachment
  • Bleeding in Retina
  • Bleeding in Vitreous
  • Macula Edema

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