Long-term use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) slowed the progression of eye disease in sleep apnea patients with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, a small randomized study showed, ...
Expert Rev Ophthalmol. 2010;5(4):557-577. Alcohol consumption, lifestyle and socioeconomic status were also reported to be risk factors. Perhaps not unexpectedly, diabetic retinopathy has been shown ...
The uveitis is recurrent and nongranulomatous. Hypopyon, which is composed primarily of neutrophils, is termed as 'hot' in the presence of ciliary injection, and 'cold' with no signs of ciliary ...
Robert Wong, MD: Diabetic retinopathy is a small-vessel ischemic disease. When the blood sugars are elevated, it can affect the blood vessels anywhere in your body. It can affect your heart, your ...
The retina is the innermost layer of the eye, and it features many light-sensitive photoreceptor cells. These cells detect light and convert it into electrical signals, which travel through the optic ...
A 45-year-old white woman was referred by the Tufts Medical Center neurology service to the Tufts-New England Eye Center neuro-ophthalmology service for 3 weeks of blurred vision in the left eye and ...