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What To Expect From an Eye Examination – Part II Posted: Wednesday, May 05, 2004

All patients, diabetics included, should have their visual field checked by professional examination regularly, as visual field loss can be very subtle until severe damage has occurred (as in glaucoma).At some point, the patient will be “refracted,” the process through which a new eyeglass prescription is determined (‘tell me which lens choice is better, choice #1 or choice #2’). All patients should have their eyes examined by a ‘slit lamp,’ a specialized microscope that gives the examiner a highly magnified view of the eyes.

Renal Disease Progresses in Slowly Type 2 Diabetics Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2003

Type 2 diabetic patients without overt nephropathy have a significant, but slow, course ofrenal insufficiency. In patients with type 2 diabetes with overt nephropathy, the risk for progressive renal failure ishigh. The risk is less well established for those with type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria or normalbuminuria.

The Many Faces of Diabetic Eye Disease Posted: Wednesday, November 26, 2003

“Glaucoma” is the term used to describe a group of eye diseases that share the following characteristics: progressive, structural damage to the optic nerve, often but not always associated with an increase of internal eye pressure, resulting in a progressive and characteristic pattern of visual field (peripheral and then central vision) loss.

A New Hope for Diabetics in Treating Blindness Posted: Tuesday, June 04, 2002

Australian research has led to clinical trials of a drug that could provide a painless and non-destructive way to treat blindness in diabetics.

 

 

 

 

 

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