Symptoms of Diabetic Macular Edema:
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Blurring of vision and difficulty seeing sharp details, both up close and from a distance
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Blind spots in vision
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Straight lines appear wavy or fractured in parts of the visual field
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Colors look washed out or faded
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Distortions of lines and shapes in everyday objects, such as crooked doorframes
Patient’s Role in Management
What You Can Do
There are steps that you can take to prevent or delay vision loss, and manage your condition and treatment:
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Regular Screening: Get a comprehensive dilated eye exam at least once a year. If you have diabetic retinopathy, you may need to have eye exams more often.
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Control Blood Glucose: Keep your blood glucose levels as close to normal as you can. Hyperglycemia initiates many other risk factors, so controlling blood glucose can prevent other diabetic complications and slows down or even prevents the development of retinopathy.
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Control Blood Pressure: Studies have demonstrated that keeping your blood pressure as close to normal as possible reduces the risk of complications in the microvascular system by roughly 33%.
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Control Blood Lipids: Keeping your cholesterol levels as close to normal as possible reduces the risk of complications. High levels of total cholesterol or triglycerides can increase the risk of developing DME by two- or three-fold.
Testing of Diabetic Reetinopathy
State of the art multi modal imagine for early and accurate diagnosis and treatment of diabetic retinopathy
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Precision Scanning
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Confocal Scanning
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Laser ophthalmoscopy
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Multimodality Diagnostics
Advantages of OCT
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Advanced retinal examination
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Noninvasive and quick
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Helps t make precise diagnosis