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New Treatment Is Saving Eyesight of Diabetics

Posted: Thursday, August 19, 2004

Local doctors studying an unusual treatment to save the eyesight of people with diabetes

With diabetes, high levels of blood sugar damage blood vessels and cause leakage. Leaky blood vessels cannot carry enough blood or oxygen to allow the retina to function normally.

Dr. Quan Nguyen, The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins: "That causes the retina to thicken therefore causing the vision to be deteriorated."

To Help, patients in the study are given oxygen tanks to use 24 hours a day for 3 months. The added oxygen they breathe in goes to the retina. This helps thin the retina, which improves vision.

Patients in the study are provided with a stationary oxygen concentrator for home and portable oxygen tanks to use outside the home.

The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins is currently enrolling more patients for this study.

Source: Diabetes In Control.com