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Diabetes Eye Exam

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:05:18 +0000

Diabetes is the leading cause of preventable new onset blindness in working age adults. You can have diabetic eye disease and not know it as it is painless and often has no symptoms until very advanced stages. Deborah K. Schlossman, M.D., of the Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center, explains why an annual eye exam and appropriate care can reduce the risk of blindness and increase your chances of preserving sight.

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Assembling Your Diabetes Care Team, Treatment Goal, and Screening for Complications

admin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:42:04 +0000

Dr. Andrew S. Rhinehart, MD discusses assembling your diabetes care team, establishing treatment goals, and screening for the complications of diabetes mellitus. In his book “I Have Diabetes!! Now What?”, available at the www.TheDiabetesExpert.com, he provides more in-depth information regarding assembling your diabetes care team, treatment goals, and screening for complications.

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Complications of Diabetes

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:46:04 +0000

Dr. Andrew S. Rhinehart, MD discusses the potential complications of diabetes mellitus and the importance of screening for and preventing these complications. In his book “I Have Diabetes!! Now What?”, available at the www.TheDiabetesExpert.com, he provides more in-depth information regarding the potential complications of diabetes.

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Not treating diabetes could result in loss of vision

admin — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:50:09 +0000

Dr. David Parks often takes frequent visits to Guam from Los Angeles, California at least three to four times a year to assist patients with diabetic eye disease and other retinal illnesses causing the loss of vision.
Dr. Parks is a skilled and trained board certified ophthalmologist who specializes in retinal diseases. He is expected to see just about anyone from premature babies to senior citizens. In fact, he says he’s seeing more and more young people living with diabetes. “One of the things I do see on Guam is that it does appear in people at a younger age.” explained the physician.

Throughout his scheduled visits, Dr. Parks sees more than 200 patients in a one-week period, most of whom need injections and medication. Of those numbers, a majority of them have diabetes. Dr. Parks’ expertise is needed to assist these patients mainly because a diabetic eye could look normal from the outside but may have abnormal vessels, causing bleeding in the retina.

He continued, “When you dilate the pupil and look at the retina, which is the lining of the inside of the eye, you can see some areas of bleeding which represents abnormal blood vessels and sometimes you can see swelling of the retina.” If left untreated it could cause blindness.

One thing Dr. Parks emphasizes is that it’s important to get your eyes checked frequently. “The best and most important advise is to get regular eye examines with your optometrist or your ophthalmologist. If you can catch it early, you can treat it,” he said.

For more information contact the SDA Eye Clinic in Guam at (671)646-8881 or Dr. Parks in Los Angeles at (310) 289-3666, website:www.socalretina.com.

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