Q: what causes diabetic retinopathy?

Uncontrolled Diabete: Diabetic retinopathy comes in two types non-proliferative or proliferative. Clinical trials such as the dcct, edic, ukpds, accord, ukpds-hds, field have shown that if glucose levels, blood pressure, cholesterol, and lipids are not controlled diabetic retinopathy can get worse and lead to severe vision loss. Trials such as the etdrs, drs, drvs show that eye physicians can delay blindness.

Question 1

i'm 31 yrs. old, 275lbs, and a pacemaker due to desminopathy. what would be the ideal dosage of coq10 for me?

Accepted Answer

Desminopathy: Desminopathy is a rare and newly described disease. I doubt that there's any information on coq10 in it as there's not all that much good data on coq10 in common problems.

Question 2

is retnopathy curable?

Accepted Answer

Call it "stoppable": Retinopathy is damage to the retina, which is the lining at the back of the eyeball that receives light that passes through the lens. Common causes of retinopathy include diabetes and high blood pressure, both of which damage the small blood vessels that nourish the retina. Stopping the diseases will prevent or stop retinopathy, but prior damage is not fully curable.

Question 3

is diabetic retinopathy curable?

Accepted Answer

No: Diabetic retinopathy is an overgrowth of small blood vessels in the retina. These vessels  interfere with the normal light perception of the eye. An ophthalmologist uses a laser to cauterize the overgrowth but this does not prevent new blood vessels from growing. The laser treatment can be repeated to treat new overgrowth but it will not result in a normal retina regardless of how many treatments.

Question 4

what is stargardts macular distrophy?

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Inherited: This is a condition, in several forms, which starts in early teen years and mostly progresses to complete loss of central macular function.  It is inherited and there is a strong family history.  Fortunately it is quite rare. The peripheral vision is usually preserved so a seeing eye dog is rarely needed.

Question 5

what is polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis?

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Rheumatoid arthritis: This is rheumatoid arthritis that start during the pediatric years and involves many joints.  It is an autoimmune disorder

Question 6

what is stargardts disease (macular degeneration)?

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See below: This genetic disease is sometimes called juvenile macular degeneration. This is no effective treatment for this disease that causes loss of central/reading vision. This disease may likely be treated by gene therapy as only 2 different gene defects are known to cause it.

Question 7

what is idiopathic peripheral neuropathy?

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Nerve pain: Nerve pain or numbness whose cause can not be determined.

Question 8

whats stargardts macular dystrophy?

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Inherited disease: Stargardt disease is a autosomal recessive, inherited, disease that primarily affects the central vision by means of a mutation in the abca4 gene that helps recycle proteins used in the detection of light by the cells in the retina.

Question 9

is diabetic retinopathy reversible?

Accepted Answer

No: Diabetic retinopathy may be prevented by good blood sugar control ( HGB A1c of <7.0) and may be treated with laser photo coagulation or anti-vegf( vascular endothelial growth factor) injections if it is detected early enough but although the changes may be stabilized and neovascularization  may involute the retinopathy is not reversible.

Question 10

what causes diabetic retinopathy?

Accepted Answer

Uncontrolled Diabete: Diabetic retinopathy comes in  two types non-proliferative or proliferative.  Clinical trials such as the dcct, edic, ukpds, accord, ukpds-hds, field have shown that if glucose levels, blood pressure, cholesterol, and lipids are not controlled diabetic retinopathy can get worse and lead to severe vision loss. Trials such as the etdrs, drs, drvs show that eye physicians can delay blindness.

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