Diabetes - condiciones retinales

La diabetes puede afectar la retina al causar la formación de parches blancuzcos llamados exudados. Otras señales pueden ser pequeñas dilataciones de los vasos sanguíneos que causan microaneurismas y hemorragias.

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Last reviewed 6/27/2012 by Shehzad Topiwala, MD, Chief Consultant Endocrinologist, Premier Medical Associates, The Villages, FL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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