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07-24-2008, 10:43 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cheshire
Posts: 20
| | | Macular 1
Have just had the latest digital photography check up on my eyes and I have one small white spot in each eye due to a small amount of leakage, possibly being rated as macular1 in one eye. Apparently I will get a letter in a few weeks with another opinion.
Anyway, I wondered if anyone can tell me is this something that can be improved with lower blood sugar control, or are these leakages non reversible?
Thanks Dave |
07-24-2008, 10:47 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 1,884
| | Seems to me that, at the very least, better BS control can't hurt you 
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Started MM 712 Pump April 2004. MM 722 + Contour Link April 2008. "...subjects lose weight by restricting only sugars and starches, without feeling any particular sense of hunger. Moreover, the less carbohydrates in their diets, the greater their weight loss, even though all her subjects were eating equivalent amounts of calories and protein" - Gary Taubes, describing research by Margaret Ohlson |
07-24-2008, 01:57 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 6,826
| | | I'be never heard the term nor can I find it with Google.
It sounds like the start of background retinopathy. Excellent control from now on would be a good thing. |
07-24-2008, 02:29 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posts: 2,085
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Originally Posted by DaveUK  ... I have one small white spot in each eye due to a small amount of leakage, ... | It sounds like you have what they call Background Diabetic Retinopathy (BDR) and, yes, it can be cleared up by improved control. In my case, there has been some BDR for a while now. Good control hasn't made it go away, but there has been no progression. The microaneurisms you find in BDR look like red dots. If you have white dots, maybe they are so called Hard Exudates. You can read about it here Background Diabetic Retinopathy.
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07-24-2008, 05:03 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cheshire
Posts: 20
| | Thanks everyone, especially for the link that explains about Hard Exudates. From that I did more searches and found reference to Maculopathy and M 1, so I probably got the term wrong and it probably should have been Maculopathy 1. The link I found seems to relate to the screening I had. >> Retinopathy grading
Dave |
07-24-2008, 05:11 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 6,826
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Originally Posted by DaveUK | Cool site. Thanks.
I think I've been everything but R2 and OL/UG at some point. I think I'm now classified as M0 P. I've floated between M0 and M1 over the last 8 months. |
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