From the August 2019 issue of Duke Medicine’s Health News (HN)
Watching and Waiting With Diabetic Macular Edema
A study suggests that patients with excellent vision can wait to begin DME treatment without compromising outcomes.
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About 10 percent of people with diabetes develop diabetic macular edema (DME), a build-up of fluid in the eye that causes blurred vision that can’t be improved with corrective lenses. Timing treatment is as much of an art as a science: Treating too soon can expose patients to risks, while waiting too long can result […]