Retinopathy Diabetic, Is Very Harmfull For Your Vision

Diabetic retinopathy is a condition that affects the retina and is a consequence of diabetes mellitus.

Diabetes is a disease of carbohydrate metabolism characterized by high levels of blood sugar. When this condition is maintained over time, changes occur in blood vessels throughout the body, and retinal blood vessels do not escape these changes. Here the consequences will be a significant decrease in vision. This is the reason why all diabetic should go regularly to his ophthalmologist, but also important and as far as possible, go to the same ophthalmologist so that he can recognize the slightest change. Diabetic retinopathy is a disease of the eye that contains the highest risk of blindness.

The changes in blood vessels of the retina caused by diabetes rise to the closure of vessels, which results in the lack of nutritional intake and oxygen to the cells of the retina. On the other hand, changes that occur in the vessels also alter its permeability, allowing leakage of fluid into adjacent tissues.

Diabetic retinopathy can be: nonproliferative and proliferative.

In the first of these vascular changes affect only the retina.

In proliferative diabetic retinopathy there is the formation of new vessels (neoformation) but they can spread from the retina into the vitreous body. This neoformation may also cause retinal detachment. Read the rest of this entry »