Guide to Eye Diseases

New Studies of Diabetic Retinopathy

A study published in the American Journal of Pathology in August 2009 reported a new discovery of diabetic retinopathy detection. Early blood vessel damage in the eyes could be indicated by high levels of arginase in the blood, which is conventional used to diagnose cardiovascular diseases and inflammation in kidneys and other organs. As liver enzyme, high blood levels of arginase have long been known to reduce nitric oxide availability, which can reduce injury from inflammation.

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New Discoveries of Diabetic Retinopathy

According to some researchers in Saudi Arabia, cataract surgery can also help in slowing down the progression of diabetic retinopathy. These researchers injected bevacizumab into some patients’ eyes who received cataract surgery and found that there was a considerably low rate of diabetic retinopathy progression in the group that had received bevacizumab injection at the end of cataract surgery.

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Diabetic retinopathy signs and treatments

The American Academy of Ophthalmology has ever claimed that diabetic people are 25 times more likely to lose vision than normal individuals. However, there are less serious eye diseases that are also caused by diabetes, such as diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. It is widely known that diabetic patients can not use and store sugar in a normal way, resulting in high blood sugar.

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