Sentences with phrase «advanced diabetic retinopathy»
Meanwhile, the study also showed that patients who received treatment for OSA using a machine connected to a face mask that delivers pressure to prevent the blockage of the airways during sleep had a lower risk of developing advanced diabetic retinopathy compared to patients who did not receive the treatment.
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An advanced stage, called proliferative diabetic retinopathy, occurs when abnormal blood vessels grow near the retina, the light - sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.
«We were surprised to find so many similarities between these two diseases, but most striking was that some of these common signatures are shared with other conditions like diabetic retinopathy and age - related macular degeneration,» said William A. Beltran, senior author on the study, an associate professor of ophthalmology in Penn Vet's Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine and director of the Division of Experimental Retinal Therapies.
These eyes also had almost a five-fold increased risk of progression to proliferative diabetic retinopathy, the most advanced form of the disease.