Diabetic Eye Disease: Global Challenges to Diabetes Care
“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% …
Course: Diabetic Eye Disease: Building Capacity To Prevent Blindness
Diabetic retinopathy: Implications for the health care sector
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 …
Preventing Diabetic Eye Disease: The Public Health Approach
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 …
The global challenge of diabetes
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 …
An introduction to epidemiology
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 …
Introducing diabetes
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 …
Risk factors and diabetic retinopathy progression
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 …
Stages of Diabetic Retinopathy: The ICO Classification
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 …
Vision threatening diabetic eye disease
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 …
Anatomy of the eye and defining visual acuity
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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Diabetic Eye Disease: Building Capacity To Prevent Blindness
