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Diabetes and Your Eyes: A Consumer Guide for the Management of Diabetic Retinopathy

Please note: This publication has been revoked

It has been superseded by Guidelines for the Management of Diabetic Retinopathy (2008).

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Published year: 1997
Available in print: No
Status: Revoked

Reference No: CP54
Further information: nhmrc.publications@nhmrc.gov.au

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Diabetes and Your Eyes: A consumer guide for the management of diabetic retinopathy is for people who have diabetes and their families. Its purpose is to help people to become involved in making decisions about their treatment by giving them information regarding regular eye checks and treatment of diabetes related eye disease.

After 10 or 15 years, most people with diabetes have signs of mild damage to the back of the eye that we call retinopathy. However this has no effect on vision. Retinopathy only affects your sight if it becomes significant or advanced.

Not everyone with early retinopathy will go on to develop advanced retinopathy, but because everyone with diabetes is at risk, it makes good sense to have regular eye checks (at least every two years). In this way, retinopathy can usually be picked up before serious damage to your sight has occurred.

Once advanced retinopathy is detected, there is very strong evidence that laser treatment can prevent any further loss of vision.

The series consists of:

CP53    Clinical practice guidelines: Management of diabetic retinopathy (112p)
CP54    Diabetes and your eyes: A consumer guide for the management of diabetic retinopathy (36p)
CP55    Preserving vision in diabetes: A quick reference guide for optometrists, nurses and other health practitioners (16p)
CP56    Management of diabetic retinopathy: A guide for general practitioners (28p)

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