Diabetic retinopathy: Difference between revisions

| name = Diabetic retinopathy

| synonyms = Diabetic eye disease

| image = File:Fundus - diabetic retinopathy.png

| caption = [[Fundus (eye)|Fundus]] image, showing several common signs of diabetic retinopathy

| pronounce = ˌrɛtɪnˈɑpəθi<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/retinopathy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114032458/https://www.lexico.com/definition/retinopathy|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 14, 2021| title=Retinopathy &#124; Definition of Retinopathy by Oxford Dictionary |website= lexico.com}}</ref>

| field = [[Ophthalmology]], [[optometry]]

| symptoms = Often asymptomatic, but can cause [[floater|spots in the eye]] and vision loss.

| onset =

| duration = Lifelong

| types =

| causes = Long-term poor control of [[diabetes mellitus]]

| risks = [[diabetes mellitus|Diabetes]], poor control of blood sugar, smoking, inflammation

| diagnosis = [[Eye examination]]<ref name= Mayo-D-T>{{cite web|url=https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetic-retinopathy/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20371617|title=Diabetic retinopathy - Diagnosis and treatment | website= mayoclinic.org| publisher= Mayo Clinic| access-date= }}</ref>

| differential =

| prevention =

| treatment = [[Laser coagulation]], [[Vitreoretinal surgery|Vitrectomy]]<ref name= Mayo-D-T />

| medication = [[Anti–vascular endothelial growth factor therapy|Anti-VEGF Injection]]<ref name= Mayo-D-T />

| prognosis =

| frequency = Nearly all patients with [[type 1 diabetes]] and >60% of patients with [[type 2 diabetes]]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Fong DS, Aiello L, Gardner TW, [[George L. King|King GL]], Blankenship G, Cavallerano JD, Ferris FL, Klein R | display-authors = 6 | title = Retinopathy in diabetes | journal = Diabetes Care | volume = 27 | issue = Suppl 1 | pages = S84–S87 | date = January 2004 | pmid = 14693935 | doi = 10.2337/diacare.27.2007.S84 | publisher = American Diabetes Association | doi-access = free }}</ref>

| deaths =

| alt = Photograph of retina after scatter laser surgery for diabetic retinopathy.