Prediabetes is a disease in and of itself, associated with
early damage to the eyes, kidneys, and heart.
Not exact matches
When the UNSW approach was used
to assess 13 patients with
early glaucoma or optic nerve
damage, and 42 people without
eye disease, greater vision loss was detected in all patients than using the standard test.
Doctors often treat the condition by patching the good
eye and forcing the brain
to rely on the other
eye, but the treatment risks
damaging vision in the good
eye, and if it doesn't succeed or occur
early enough in a child's visual development, the vision loss in the impaired
eye can be permanent.
We seek
to determine whether a particular type of imaging, known as «polarization - sensitive» imaging, is capable of reporting on the integrity of sub-microscopic structures within optic nerve fibers at an
early stage of
damage from glaucoma, preceding their complete degeneration and loss from the
eye.
We seek in this proposal
to determine whether a particular type of imaging is capable of assessing and reporting on the integrity of sub-microscopic structures within optic nerve fibers at an
early stage of
damage preceding their complete degeneration and loss from the
eye.
The
earlier any
eye problem is diagnosed, the better chance there is of being able
to treat it before blindness and / or
eye damage occurs.
High blood pressure can cause
damage to multiple organs such as the blood vessels, heart and brain, not
to mention the
eyes and kidneys referenced
earlier.
The only thing keeping these ICO's in check nowadays is the hawk -
eye'd community of Blockchain and cryptocurrency enthusiasts which don't want
to live through another
damaging experience like the DAO from
earlier this year.