DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
Hyperglycemic blood blocks the microvessels in the retina and causes swelling or bleeding.
It is a disease that causes new blood vessels to grow and in severe cases damage to vision.
Typical symptoms of diabetic retinopathy
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Black lines or dots follow your gaze
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Blurred vision
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Blurred vision and loss of vision
Don't leave it unattended
If the symptoms intensify and move on to the stage of proliferative diabetic retinopathy,
surgical treatment such as laser treatment and vitreous resection is required.
Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy can be classified into two stages: nonproliferative
and proliferative depending on the degree to which the disease progresses.
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Early
Weakened retinal blood vessels burst or block. -
Terminal stage
Retinal bleeding, macular edema, etc. are observed, vision loss is not significant, and symptoms such as epigastricism, photolithia, blurred vision, reading disorders, and night vision appear.
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Symptoms have intensified in nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy,
causing changes in the front surface and vitreous body of the retina.
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Angiogenesis
New blood vessels grow to compensate for the burst blood vessels. -
Vitreous hemorrhage
New blood vessels do not have a normal vascular wall structure, so they easily rupture and bleed from the vitreous body. -
Traction Retinal Detachment
The scar tissue in the vitreous body pulls the retina and causes delamination of the retina, causing complications such as severe vision impairment, blindness, and glaucoma.
