Low vision and blindness from diabetic retinopathy
| Autor: | Charles P. Wilkinson, David R. Matthews, Peter H. Scanlon, Stephen J Aldington |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Rehabilitation genetic structures Blindness business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Visual impairment Macular oedema Diabetic retinopathy medicine.disease eye diseases Low vision Quality of life Ophthalmology Diabetes mellitus medicine Optometry sense organs medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | A Practical Manual of Diabetic Retinopathy Management |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9781119058984.ch16 |
| Popis: | In 2005 the Certificate of Visual Impairment is the new form used in the UK to register people as severely sight impaired or sight impaired. Of the 512 reporting blindness, 22% were diagnosed with diabetes. A review of evidence evaluating the effect of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular oedema on health‐related quality of life found several articles that demonstrated both a qualitative and a quantitative reduction in health‐related quality of life in persons with diabetic retinopathy. Low‐vision aids have been shown to be beneficial in the rehabilitation of those who have lost acuity because of diabetic retinopathy changes and those who have temporary sight reduction in sight. Visual loss occurs due to involvement of the macula in the following circumstances: advanced proliferative diabetic retinopathy with traction on the macular area; ischaemic maculopathy; chronic macular oedema; or can occur in intracerebral visual pathway interruptions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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