When you have diabetes, it’s important to watch out for other serious health problems that can come along with it. Eye disease is a common condition that happens with diabetes. Blood sugar spikes can ...
Resistant diabetic macular edema may necessitate transitioning from one intravitreal pharmacotherapy to another when the edema is persistent — a practice sometimes undertaken in clinical management.
People with diabetic macular edema may receive eye injections to help control their symptoms. These shots can help to improve vision and also stop the damage that causes vision issues to get worse.
Joseph M. Coney, MD, FACS, reviews best practices for improving adherence to treatment among patients with diabetic macular edema through comprehensive education on the disease and available therapies ...
“In people who have diabetes, when they’re on GLP-1s, they experience an early increase in the risk of diabetic retinopathy,” ...
Diabetic macular edema (DME) occurs when fluid accumulates behind the macula, the part of your retina that processes central vision. DME can occur at any stage of diabetic retinopathy (DR). However, ...
Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a condition involving damage to the small blood vessels in the eye. It affects an estimated 10% of people living with diabetes. If DME is left untreated and damaged ...
Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...
According to the phase II/III DIAMOND trial, there was early evidence of efficacy for OCS-01 eye drops in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) compared with sham. The findings were reported at ...
You may think diabetic macular edema (DME) affects older people only. But the truth is, the eye condition can develop in anyone with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. DME is more common in people with type 2 ...
David Eichenbaum, MD, FASRS, recalls an early-career case managing bilateral diabetic macular edema with frequent ...