Injections
for Advanced Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy progresses in stages
that reflect the severity of the disease. Proliferative diabetic retinopathy is
a more advanced stage and requires treatment. Therapeutic injections for
proliferative diabetic retinopathy represent a sound treatment for some
patients with this advanced stage of diabetic retinopathy where blood vessels
in the retina begin to grow, or proliferate, many which are fragile and more
likely leak and bleed. Proliferative diabetic retinopathy is a significant
cause of vision loss if left untreated. Reporting on a clinical trial in the Journal of the American
Medical Association,
researchers compared the visual outcomes in patients with proliferative
diabetic retinopathy who underwent either anti-VEGF treatment or Panretinal
photocoagulation laser treatment. They found in many respects the outcomes of
the group receiving injections were better in that the average vision over the
two years in the injection group was better than the laser group, and the
patients with the injections had less peripheral vision loss, required fewer
future surgeries and developed fewer complications in the macular area of the
eye.
If you or someone you know
has diabetes, it is important to have regular diabetic eye exams to prevent
vision loss from diabetic eye disease complications called diabetic
retinopathy. Early detection, diagnosis and treatment are the keys to
preventing vision loss from diabetic retinopathy. If you need a diabetic eye
exam please call us at 800-325-3937, visit D’Ambrosio
Eye Care, Google+ or
facebook.com/dambrosioeyecare so that we can help.
D'Ambrosio Eye Care provides eye care for
patients throughout greater Boston, central and western Massachusetts with
office locations at 479 Old Union Turnpike, Lancaster, Massachusetts 01523, 865
Merriam Avenue, Suite 119, Leominster, Massachusetts 01453, 100 Powder Mill
Road, Acton, Massachusetts 01720, 413 Main Street, Athol, Massachusetts 01331
and 74 Main Street, Gardner, Massachusetts 01440.
