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2. Diabetic retinopathy - Wikipedia

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   Diabetic retinopathy. Often asymptomatic, but can cause spots in the eye and vision loss. Diabetic retinopathy (also known as diabetic eye disease), is a medical condition in which damage occurs to the retina due to diabetes. It is a leading cause of blindness in developed countries. Diabetic retinopathy affects up to 80 percent of those who ...

3. Retinopathy - Wikipedia

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   Retinopathy, or retinal vascular disease, can be broadly categorized into proliferative and non-proliferative types. Frequently, retinopathy is an ocular manifestation of systemic disease as seen in diabetes or hypertension. [3] Diabetes is the most common cause of retinopathy in the U.S. as of 2008. [4] Diabetic retinopathy is the leading ...

4. List of systemic diseases with ocular manifestations - Wikipedia

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   Diabetes, for example, is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in those aged 20–74, with ocular manifestations such as diabetic retinopathy and macular edema affecting up to 80% of those who have had the disease for 15 years or more.

5. Macular edema - Wikipedia

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   Diabetic macular edema, with hard exudates surrounding the blood vessels. Macular edema occurs when fluid and protein deposits collect on or under the macula of the eye (a yellow central area of the retina) and causes it to thicken and swell (edema). The swelling may distort a person's central vision, because the macula holds tightly packed ...

6. Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes in Women - AOL

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   Common diabetes symptoms include frequent urination, excessive thirst or hunger, or unexplained weight loss. Women may also experience signs like recurrent vaginal or urinary infections, vaginal ...

7. Optic neuropathy - Wikipedia

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   Optic neuropathy. Optic neuropathy is damage to the optic nerve from any cause. The optic nerve is a bundle of millions of fibers in the retina that sends visual signals to the brain. Damage and death of these nerve cells, or neurons, leads to characteristic features of optic neuropathy.

8. Cotton wool spots - Wikipedia

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   Cotton wool spots are opaque fluffy white patches on the retina of the eye that are considered an abnormal finding during a funduscopic exam (also called an ophthalmoscopic exam). [1] Cotton wool spots are typically a sign of another disease state, most common of which is diabetic retinopathy. [2] The irregularly shaped white patches are a ...

9. Rubeosis iridis - Wikipedia

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   Rubeosis iridis. Rubeosis iridis. Other names. Neovascularization of the iris. Specialty. Ophthalmology. Rubeosis iridis is a medical condition of the iris of the eye in which new abnormal blood vessels (formed by neovascularization) are found on the surface of the iris. [1]