DIABETES FEATURES

Diabetes - Proliferative retinopathy management
Description, symptoms, signs, prevalence and significance See: Diabetes – Proliferative retinopathy assessment 19 January 2007

Diabetes: Proliferative retinopathy assessment
The hallmark of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is neovascularisation. Retinal ischaemia is thought to play a major role in this process. New vessels originate as endothelial proliferations, which pass through defects in the internal limiting membrane of the retina and become attached to the posterior vitreous cortex. 12 January 2007

Diabetes: Papillopathy
Diabetic papillopathy is a form of optic neuropathy occasionally described in patients with diabetes mellitus. The typical presentation involves slowly progressive, unilateral or bilateral, blurring of vision associated with swelling and hyperaemia of the optic disc. Symptoms are usually mild, and the outcome usually favourable. 05 January 2007

Diabetes
Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) consists of a range of clinical signs that confirm the onset of diabetes-associated retinal damage.15 December 2006

Eradicating preventable blindness - Vision 2020
Dr Iain Philips looks at the diseases Vision 2020 aims to eradicate and strategies the WHO initiative is adopting to prevent blindness14 October 2005