Worldwide there are 422 million people living with diabetes, according to World Health Organization estimates. The condition can lead complications, including diabetic retinopathy, which can result in ...

Diabetic retinopathy is an irreversible condition that damages the eye’s retina and can lead to vision loss. It occurs as a potential complication of diabetes from prolonged periods of hyperglycemia.

You may not notice any vision changes with background diabetic retinopathy. Treatment isn’t necessary, but improving blood sugar management can help prevent this complication from getting worse. In ...

Microaneurysms are tiny areas of swelling in the blood vessels of your eye. They can be a clue to worsening diabetic retinopathy and may indicate that you need treatment to help prevent vision loss.

Hypertensive retinopathy occurs due to high blood pressure, while diabetic retinopathy results from diabetes. Both are eye diseases affecting the retina. Retinopathy is an eye disease affecting the ...

The five human senses include sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. While each of these matter for different reasons, they aren't perceived as being equal. For instance, according to a YouGov ...

Some reassuring news for patients taking GLP-1 receptor agonists: Concerns that the drugs may cause retinopathy may be overblown. A new analysis of nearly 160,000 people with diabetes taking four ...

Empagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, did not reduce the risk for incident nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy compared with dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors in ...