Diabetes PubMed

Years since DM diagnosis, hypertension, HbA1c levels and male sex are independently associated with severe diabetic retinopathy (DR).

These findings suggest that the inflammation lead to the complex pathology of retinopathy. Anti-inflammatory drugs need to be included in the therapeutic strategy.

Diabetes mellitus is associated with a 5-fold higher prevalence of cataracts, which remains a major cause of blindness in the world.

Diabetic patients should be informed that, even when their sight is not affected, regular ophthalmologic examination is needed to diagnose severe diabetic retinopathy that requires laser therapy.

We suggest that future studies of the effectiveness of the various methods for screening for diabetic retinopathy (DR) should also include data on their reliability.

In African American patients with type 1 diabetes, high caloric and sodium intakes are significant and independent risk factors for progression to severe forms of DR.

Established sight-threatening retinopathy should be treated at an earlier stage in pregnant women compared to non-pregnant diabetics with a similar disease.

An early detection of clinically significant macular edema leads us to a redefinition of the real meaning of incipient retinopathy and can prevent further significant reduction of vision.

Preoperative panretinal photocoagulation for severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy improves surgical success.

Ocular surface temperature measurements, by estimating ocular blood flow, may be helpful in the management of patients with diabetic retinopathy.

Both glycation and oxidative processes are involved in the development of diabetic retinopathy, and changes in the concentration of Cd, Se, Cr, Zn, and Cu have some impact on the disease progression.

Pycnogenol taken at this early stage of retinopathy may enhance retinal blood circulation accompanied by regression of edema, which favorably improves vision of patients.

The colour vision examination and contrast sensitivity measurement in patients with diabetes without retinopathy can detect visual function disturbances in the early, subclinical stage of the disease.

These results suggest that vitrectomy for diabetic retinopathy may be effective in increasing the quality of life of patients with diabetic retinopathy.

Vitreous MPs levels are increased in patients with diabetic retinopathy, where they could contribute to disease progression.

Our measurement showed significantly decreased flow velocities in the retinal arterioles and venules of patients with diabetes compared with healthy control subjects, supporting the view of abnormal vessel function in eyes with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.

These results support the concept that diabetes has an early neurodegenerative effect on the retina, which occurs even though the vascular component of diabetic retinopathy is minimal.

Diabetic patients, especially those with advanced diabetic retinopathy, had significantly lower serum lycopene levels; this suggests that lycopene may be helpful for the diagnosis, severity, and therapeutic evaluation of diabetic retinopathy.