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What Causes Vision Loss In A Diabetic Patient?

Hi! I am a software engineering student,

and i want to take ur advice ...........

actually my uncle is 55 year old male and do have diabetic and have lost almost 80% eye sight automatically ...

since one month crossed but we dont find any result... almost we consulted 8 doctor...but nothing better
Mon, 7 Apr 2014
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It seems from the history that your uncle who is a known diabetic is having diminution of vision.
The causes for loss of vision in diabetics are mainly by posterior segment problems like diabetic retinopathy leading to vitreous hemorrhage, macular edema, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, diabetic papillopathy...
He needs to consult retinal specialist for further evaluation by tests like indirect ophthalmoscopy, B scan, fundus fluorescein angiography, ocular coherence tomography... to find out the underlying cause and treatment accordingly.

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What Causes Vision Loss In A Diabetic Patient?

Hello It seems from the history that your uncle who is a known diabetic is having diminution of vision. The causes for loss of vision in diabetics are mainly by posterior segment problems like diabetic retinopathy leading to vitreous hemorrhage, macular edema, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, diabetic papillopathy... He needs to consult retinal specialist for further evaluation by tests like indirect ophthalmoscopy, B scan, fundus fluorescein angiography, ocular coherence tomography... to find out the underlying cause and treatment accordingly. Thank you