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Diabetic retinopathy & maculopathy

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Luco

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Hi everyone, I need some advice. My mum was told 2 years ago she has diabeties in her eyes but she hasn't ever been told she's diabetic. Sometimes her sugar levels are slightly high and she gets told she has pre-diabeties but never actual diabeties. Last week she had a blood test and it came back normal.

She also went to an ophthalmologist who told her that she has background diabetic retinopathy and diabetic maculopathy in both eyes. Right eye 6/9 best corrected (6.5/7.5 pinhole) and left ever 6/12 best correct (6/9 pinhole). IOP 17mmhg right eye and 15 in left.

On the letter it says "imp" stable diabetic retinopathy (what does imp mean)? and advancing cataracts. Plan is 6/12 OLDR.

Can anyone explain any of this to me please? I'm worried about her and what she needs to do.

I dunno how she's got diabetic retinopathy anyway, she hasn't been diagnoised with diabeties. She is taking tamoxifen and a side effect for that does create issues in the eyes but the ophthalmologist said it's not caused by that?

All help really apprciated please.
 
You really need to ask an optician to explain firstly why they have said it's 'diabetic' - there are non-D forms of both retinopathy and maculopathy and the risk of the latter increases as we age - for anybody. It is possible for someone's blood glucose to climb far too high and even plunge too low, without having any effect on the HbA1c blood test - if that's what your mum usually has done. However I don't know if it's possible for those high BGs to actually cause eye damage - if they are temporary I mean.

If your mum wants you to know what's what - then she really has to speak to her doctors and ask them you keep you informed - cos otherwise it's going to be 'best guesses'.
 
“Imp” is short for Impression. I agree with TW, there are a number of non-D causes. There are good reasons for this this to be referred to an eye specialist.
 
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