Diabetic Retinopathy| Symptoms

Posted by Riana | March 10th, 2010 in Eye Diseases, Retinopathy | No Comments »

Diabetic Retinopathy

Symptoms
At the level of the retina are thickened and weakened the walls of small blood vessels that are more prone to deformity and leakage of blood. This process is called diabetic retinopathy.

Retinopathy can be:

  • Proliferative.
  • No proliferative.

Proliferative
Damage to the retina occurs growth of new blood vessels, which, although it may seem to constitute a benefit, not, as they grow abnormally, there is a fragile vessel growth in the retina and vitreous likely to break and bleeding. This blood is conveyed to the vitreous gel, which is the clear substance that fills the “hollow” of the eye and can cause temporary blindness, followed by a healing process and may have a detached retina. This presentation is extremely serious and can cause total blindness.

Non-Proliferative
In this case, the small capillaries (tiny blood vessels) break and leak blood and the surrounding area swells (edema) and deposited proteins. It can affect the macula, which is the central part of the retina responsible for fine vision (also lose central vision). In its initial phases does not cause blindness, but small hemorrhages may distort certain parts of the visual field and thus cause blurred vision.

The first signs of diabetic retinopathy and venous dilation are usually small red dots that are seen with the ophthalmoscope.

Later symptoms consist of general decline of vision.

In case of blurred vision and the appearance of black spots or flashing visual field is an indication of going to the ophthalmologist.

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Diabetic Retinopathy

Posted by Riana | March 8th, 2010 in Eye Diseases, Retinopathy | 1 Comment »

The retina is formed by a layer of cells at the back of the eye. It works like the film in a camera to capture what you are seeing and to transmit to the brain. Diabetic retinopathy involves various retinal pathologic features of chronic diabetes.

This is a major cause of blindness, being especially severe in diabetics who require insulin (insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus), but also occurs frequently in non-insulin dependent long evolution. The degree of retinopathy is closely related to disease duration.

Diabetic Retinopathy

Causes
As diabetes develops, the abnormally high blood sugar will damage blood vessels, nerves and other structures. Certain sugar-derived substances accumulate in the walls of small blood vessels, causing thickening and breakage. By increasing the thickness of the vessels, they are increasingly unable to deliver less blood and produces the dreaded complications of the disease.

Epidemiology
Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults of working age. A person with diabetes are 25 times more likely to blind a person without the disease. Twenty-five percent of diabetics have some form of diabetic retinopathy.

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Lens Exchange

Posted by eihna | February 26th, 2010 in Eye Surgery | No Comments »

lens exchangeThe so-called refractive lens exchange is an operation from the spectrum of refractive eye surgery. Here, the lens of the eye is removed and inserted an artificial lens. The procedure is used in an extreme refractive error is used.

The most common and typical reason for a lens exchange is the disease is cataracts, a condition in which the cloudy lens. With wide and long-sightedness is the surgery only for very extreme values in question. At present astigmatism (astigmatism, astigmatism) This method is less.
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Artificial lens in the eye?

Posted by eihna | February 24th, 2010 in Eye healthy | 2 Comments »

artificial lens in the eyeThe correction of a refractive error of the eye can now be done by a so-called artificial lens implantation. Especially extremely high short-and long-sightedness will be corrected successfully in eye clinics at the onset of an additional artificial lens.

Especially in older people, which is a cataract apparent vision problems can be so treated, eliminating the need for implantation of a pair of glasses. There is both the possibility of using an artificial lens in addition to its own lens, or even communicate directly with its own lens with an artificial lens.
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Cataract surgery

Posted by eihna | February 22nd, 2010 in Eye Diseases | 1 Comment »

cataract surgeryCataract is defined as the clouding of the eye lens, which can be congenital or acquired. Usually develops a cataract with increasing age, which is also known as senile cataract. Patients can only perceive their surroundings as if through a veil. Increasing cloudiness eye surgery is essential to restore the eyesight again.

The only way for the treatment of cataracts is cataract surgery with removal of the deteriorated lens and implantation of an artificial lens. During surgery, the patient is usually carried out, the cloudy lens is liquefied and removed by means of ultrasound. Is then inserted into the empty capsular bag a plastic lens made of acrylate or silicone.
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Focus Toric

Posted by eihna | February 19th, 2010 in Eye Cosmetics | No Comments »

focus toricFocus Toric – toric contact lenses

The Focus Toric contact lenses are toric soft contact lenses exported, which can correct the eye of a patient’s astigmatism. The astigmatism or astigmatism is often is often associated with greater myopia refractive error occurs, in which the cornea is not like the normal eyes in the horizontal and vertical directions evenly matched curved but has an irregular curvature. A non-balanced results in an irregular astigmatism, visual image, which can also lead to headaches in the patient.

Toric contact lenses such as Focus Toric are(-6 to +4 PWR) available in all the required strengths .
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Inflammation of the cornea of the eye

Posted by eihna | February 17th, 2010 in Eye Diseases | No Comments »

inflammation of the cornea of the eyeInflammation of the cornea of the eye – a nuisance, dangerous and painful

Eye inflammation that mainly keratitis, corneal inflammation, which affected much trouble, because the eye then reacts with light sensitivity, tearing, foreign body sensation, and even blepharospasm. Only when the cornea of the eye is affected, it is really a keratitis.

The inflamed cornea looks cloudy and vision can be disturbed. The ophthalmologist diagnosed with inflammation of the slit-lamp with the structures of the eye are visible. The Schirmer test gives this information about the amount of tear fluid and by a smear – biopsy – to determine the precipitating agent. Bacteria such as staphylococcus, streptococcus, viruses such as herpes and varicella, and fungi can cause corneal inflammation, HIV and diabetes mellitus may promote the disease.
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Eyelid surgery

Posted by eihna | February 15th, 2010 in Eye Surgery | No Comments »

eyelid surgeryOver time, skin elasticity diminishes, the muscles of the eyelids becomes weaker with increasing age, and the result is hanging eyelids. The expression of the entire face of the relaxation can appear tired and exhausted, and also to take the fat deposits around the eyes with advanced age. These deposits in turn give the appearance of swelling, which affects the look increasingly tired.

An eyelid lift, or a Blepharoplasty is designed to tighten the eye area and can contribute to the overall expression of fresh and lively. As a rule, choose people from 35 years to a Blepharoplasty, it is also possible in recent years have been passed if, for example, hanging eyelids.
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Retinopathy

Posted by eihna | February 12th, 2010 in Eye Diseases, Retinopathy | No Comments »

Diabetic retinal disease
Retinopathy
Retina is the medical term for the retina in the eye. Under retinopathy refers to a retinal disease that is not flammable due. Diabetes also can lead to many structures of the eye changes with disease in nature. However, is the most common and most serious change that, by the by the consequential Zuckerkrankeit diabetes mellitus (diabetes type II) caused by retinal disease (diabetic retinopathy) dar.
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Blepharoplasty

Posted by eihna | February 10th, 2010 in Blepharoplasty, Eye Surgery | No Comments »

BlepharoplastyParticularly the area around the eyes is an extremely sensitive area and the eyes are also a very central area in the face of a man and therefore it can certainly contribute in increasing age as disruptive when the eyelids begin even hang anything or to the eye by the small and narrow drooping eyelids acts.

Therefore choose both men and women, often for an intervention in the area of the eyelids. Thanks very much hanging eyelids may even be accompanied by an impairment of vision, since the hanging Lid restricts the field of view. The tightening of the lids, so one part can be purely cosmetic, but it may in some cases, have as their objective to strengthen the vision of the patient again. Usually the procedure is performed by a plastic surgeon. There are also separate facial surgeons who have specialized in this Arte of operation.
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