Laser treatments are used to slow and stop the progression of diabetic retinopathy. These procedures aren’t painful, but they do require numbing drops beforehand ...

Diabetic retinopathy laser surgery is an in-office treatment that involves making tiny burns in the eye with a beam of light. While it does not correct vision loss that has already occurred, it can ...

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy is the more advanced stage of the disease. You may experience vision changes and other symptoms. Treatments may include laser or injection therapy. People with ...

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Diabetic retinopathy is an eye condition that can cause vision changes and vision loss. There are four stages of diabetic retinopathy based on the findings of a dilated eye exam. Diabetic retinopathy ...

In patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy who underwent cataract surgery, yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) laser capsulotomy was associated with increased risks for progression of the ...

In patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy, treatment with anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) may offer a safer alternative to panretinal photocoagulation (PRP), leading to ...

High blood sugars have long been known to cause eye damage in diabetics. However, new research has found that low blood sugar may also contribute. The good news is that it also identified a way of ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes”, an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. Sterling Glass had many health problems as a ...