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Suggest Treatment For Fast Vision Loss

my father is losing his vision very fast. he is unable to identify any person face from 15 feet away without glasses. we are in very much threat by his health & eyesight problem. he is a diabetes & BP patient & taking medicines from a very long time. will u please tell us what going wrong.

Sat, 19 Apr 2014
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The way he is loosing vision appears to be due to macular degeneration. photo coagulation of sub foveal neovascularisationisdoneby laser your father since have diabetes and hypertension, both the condition should be treated and kept under control. Both gives rise to retinopathy. They are to be assessed by eye doctor. Neovascularisation and bleeding are main problem of diabetic retinopathy.With laser they can be sealed. All aspect can be asses ed by eye doctd and decide the course of treatment.
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Suggest Treatment For Fast Vision Loss

The way he is loosing vision appears to be due to macular degeneration. photo coagulation of sub foveal neovascularisationisdoneby laser your father since have diabetes and hypertension, both the condition should be treated and kept under control. Both gives rise to retinopathy. They are to be assessed by eye doctor. Neovascularisation and bleeding are main problem of diabetic retinopathy.With laser they can be sealed. All aspect can be asses ed by eye doctd and decide the course of treatment.