Today, we know that all diabetics need to have regular eye exams because with the early and aggressive treatment of diabetic retinopathy it is possible to maintain vision and prevent severe vision loss form many patients.
The National Institutes of Health and the National Eye Institute have funded large scale, multi-center, controlled studies, such as the Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) that have produced treatment guidelines indicating which patients may benefit from laser treatments to preserve vision and delay progression of vision loss.
These studies demonstrated that with early treatment it is possible for patients with diabetic retinopathy to have only half the likelihood of losing vision as compared to those patients who failed to receive early treatment.
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