DIABETES CAN AFFECT RETINA IN VARIOUS WAYS. WHERE SMALL BLOOD VESSELS LEAK AND CAUSE SWELLING IN THE RETINA (MACULAR EDEMA) AND IN LATER STAGES CAUSE BLEEDING IN THE EYE (VITREOUS HAEMORRHAGE) AND EVEN RETINAL DETACHMENT. 

TREATMENT

1. PATIENT WITH DIABETES TO HAVE REGULAR VISIT WITH THE EYE DOCTOR.

2. GOOD CONTROL OF SYSTEMIC PARAMETERS.

3. LASER FOR MACULAR EDEMA.

4. LASER FOR PROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY.

5. VARIOUS INTRAVITREAL ANTI-VEGF FOR MACULAR EDEMA.

6. SURGICAL INTERVENTION FOR VITREOUS HAEMORRHAGE.

7. SURGICAL INTERVENTION FOR RETINAL DETACHMENT.

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