“The number of people with diabetes has nearly quadrupled since 1980 to 415 million adults today, and by 2040 is set to rise to 642 million, equating to roughly 10% …
A recent systematic review of 35 population-based studies showed that the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular oedema and vision threatening diabetic retinopathy amongst people with diabetes …
This article outlines the public health strategies used to prevent diabetic eye disease. These strategies must be directed at all the healthcare pathways used by people with diabetes and carried …
Key demographic, economic, social and cultural changes across the world are influencing the growing number of people with diabetes, particularly in low- and middle-income settings. Overcoming diabetes is a many …
Epidemiology is the study of how often diseases or health-related conditions occur in different groups of people (populations) and why. Epidemiological methods are used to provide scientific evidence to understand …
A brief history of diabetes mellitus Diabetes has a long history in the medical literature. In ancient Egypt, about 1500 years before the common era (BCE), diabetes was described as …
People with diabetes are 25 times more likely than the general population to become blind. Diabetes has many manifestations in the eye, of which cataracts and diabetic retinopathy (DR) are …
The original diabetic retinopathy (DR) classification system, the Airlie House classification, was developed in 1968. A modified version of this system was adopted by the Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy …
In this video Dr Consuela Moorman, consultant ophthalmologist with the Oxford University Hospital Trust, UK, considers the diabetes related changes in the eye which can lead to vision loss. She …
The eye is divided into two parts: the anterior segment is all the parts before the lens and posterior segment is all the parts behind the lens. Anterior segment 1 …
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