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Diabetic Retinopathy
Ophthalmology · Ophthalmological
Severe
Severity
Common — affects roughly one-third of people living with diabetes to some degree
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Ophthalmology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Chronically elevated blood glucose damages the walls of the small blood vessels supplying the retina
- 2causing them to weaken
- 3leak
- 4or close off entirely over time. This vascular damage can trigger the retina to grow new abnormal blood vessels
- 5called proliferative retinopathy
- 6that are fragile and prone to sudden bleeding. Risk is heightened by poor blood sugar control
- 7long duration of diabetes
- 8high blood pressure
- 9high cholesterol
- 10and pregnancy.
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⚕️ Medical Disclaimer
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