They anticipated that the pups born to mother rats with UPI would have more
severe retinopathy.
However, they found the opposite — these pups had less
severe retinopathy and more normal retinal vascular development than pups born to control mother rats and placed into varying oxygen levels.
Not exact matches
Therefore, while they expected to see examples of
retinopathy representative of more
severe ROP, researchers found that the combination of preeclampsia and oxygen fluctuations actually reduced features of ROP in the retina.
The longitudinal study found that at a follow - up appointment, on average 43 months later, the patients with OSA (18.4 %) were more likely to develop moderate to
severe diabetic
retinopathy compared to those without OSA (6.1 %).
• Fifty - eight percent of patients did not have regular follow - up eye exams • Smokers were 20 percent less likely to have exams • Those with less -
severe disease and no eye problems were least likely to follow recommendations • Those who had diabetic
retinopathy were 30 percent more likely to have follow - up exams
I am a 37 year old Type 1 diabetic with gastroparesis, Stage II kidney disease, diabetic
retinopathy and glaucoma in both eyes, peripheral neuropathy in both legs, as well as previous surgical repairs from a serious car accident in 2008 which crushed my right calcaneus, broke my right femur, left ankle and shattered my left pelvis and now I have
severe back problems and difficulty walking.