Eye damage caused by manay years of high blood glucose levels.

The Condition"...Some 10% of the cases of a retinal artery occlusion occur because of giant cell arteritis (a chronic vascular disease)..."

any disease or disorder of the retina; usually refers to damage to the retina caused by high blood pressure or diabetes mellitus

any of various disorders of the retina resulting in impairment or loss of vision. It is usually due to damage to the blood vessels of the retina, occurring for example as a complication of long standing diabetes, high blood pressure. Diabetic Retinopathy

Inflammatory or noninflammatory conditions of the retina, the innermost layer of the eyeball.

any diseased condition of the retina, especially one that is noninflammatory

Degenerative vision failure that occurs in diabetics when high blood sugar levels cause weakening in retinal blood vessels.

Disease of the retina, the light sensing tissue of the eye.

Disease of the retina. For example, Diabetic retinopathy is disease of the retina secondary to diabetes.

Retinopathy is a disease of the retina of the eye which may cause visual impairment and blindness.

A complication of diabetes that results from damage to the blood vessels in the back of the eye. It can lead to blindness.

Damage to the small blood vessels at the back of the eye.

disease of the eye's retina

Damage to small blood vessels in the eye that can cause vision problems including blindness. A complication of diabetes. In background retinopathy, the blood vessels in the eye leak fluid into the retina, causing blurred vision. In proliferative retinopathy, new abnormal blood vessels grow in the retina, and may cause blindness.

an eye disorder without redness or swelling, caused by changes in the eye blood vessels.

Disorders of retina (nerve tissue in the eye)seen in diabetes. See Chapter 12.

Abnormality of the retina that may cause deterioration of eyesight.

Noninflammatory degenerative disease of the retina.

an injury or disease of the retina, particularly common in insulin-dependent diabetes.

diabetic eye disease.

Any disease condition of the retina.

any non-inflammatory disease of the retina. Retinopathy is common in people with diabetes.

Damage to the small blood vessels on the eye's retina, believed to be caused by high BG levels.

damage to the retina of the eye

Any disease of the retina, the light-sensitive membrane at the back of the eye. The type of retinopathy is often specified. Arteriosclerotic retinopathy is retinal disease due to arteriosclerosis ("hardening of the arteries"). Diabetic retinopathy is retinal disease associated with diabetes. Hypertensive retinopathy is retinal disease due to high blood pressure. Etc.

A general term for the disease of the retina in the eye.

Over time, high blood glucose levels associated with diabetes may cause small blood vessels in the back of the eye (the retina) to bleed or form new blood vessels, causing retinopathy. This is the most common eye disease in people with diabetes.

A disease of the small blood vessels in the retina of the eye.

An eye disorder that does not cause inflammation but results from changes in the eye (retinal) blood vessels.

The Condition"...The spreading of a syphilis infection to the retinal blood vessels causes syphilitic retinopathy, and diabetes damages the retinal vessels resulting in a condition called diabetic retinopathy..."

This condition of the eye is associated with diabetes mellitus and is progressively characterized by microaneurysms, intraretinal punctuate hemorrhages, yellow waxy exudates, cotton-wool patches, and macular edema.

The Condition" Retinopathy is a noninflammatory disease of the retina..." Our Question about duration of reasonably-controlled diabetes"Uncontrolled diabetes can cause retinopathy, a progressive disease that can lead to complete blindness..." Relationship to Consequences of Poor Diet"A proper diet, particularly for those persons with diabetes, will help delay retinopathy..." Recommendation Surgery"Proliferative retinopathy is treatable in many cases by laser beam (photocoagulation), which stops the fragile blood vessels from leaking and helps prevent blindness or lessen any losses in vision..." Recommendation Tobacco Avoidance"Stopping smoking will help delay retinopathy..."

see background retinopathy, proliferative retinopathy, and diabetic retinopathy.

The Condition"...The proliferative - or severe - forms of retinopathies include the defects identified by newly grown blood vessels, by scar tissue formed within the eye, by closed-off blood vessels that are badly damaged, and by the retina breaking away from its mesh of blood vessels that nourish it (retinal detachment)..."

The Condition"...There can be a lack of oxygen to surrounding tissues (hypoxia) or decreased blood flow ( ischemia)..."