Cataract, Diabetes, Eye Conditions, Eye Treatments, Health
The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends all persons should have a baseline ocular screening by age forty even if there are no visual issues. This includes dilation of the pupils to examine the structures inside the eye. Early maturity onset eye conditions detectable during a dilated eye exam include: Cataracts Eye pressure disease (glaucoma) Diabetic eye disease […]
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Patients suffering from diabetes mellitus fail to use and store blood sugar (glucose) suitably for proper health. The improper glucose control is detrimental to the vessels of the retina, an important structure in the back of the eye that processes visual images. Diabetic retinopathy is damage to these retinal vessels. Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR), (also named background diabetic […]
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The thyroid gland, located in the front of the neck, produces hormones that regulate your body’s metabolism (the process by which the body transforms food into energy). In a small number of people, the thyroid gland produces either excessive hormone, inadequate hormone, or it inadequately regulates thyroid hormones. An overproduction of thyroid hormone is often […]
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