There is increased incidence of diabetes in our country even in young population. By the year 2025, India is likely to become Diabetic Capital of the world with 70 million diabetics. I get almost 10 cases in a week that has some degree of diabetic retinopathy, causing immense harm to their central vision. Some of the cases are quite advanced & at times beyond satisfactory treatment.
Ophthalmoscopy is an excellent diagnostic procedure to diagnose these cases at early stage. However, there are many cases that do not exhibit noticeable Diabetic Retinopathy but have Diabetic Macular Edema which adversely affect the vision Recent introduction of Optical Cohrens Tomography (OCT) has provided an extremely versatile tool in the hands of Ophthalmologist to diagnose early Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) without having Ophthalmoscopic detectable diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy when…
