Diabetic Eye Disease

Considerations for eyecare providers to better care for their patients with diabetes

Eye physicals should be full-scope

Faricimab shows promise in treating diabetic macular edema and age-related macular degeneration

• Relatable patient education improves quality of care and prognosis • Although patients with moderate NPDR without DME can be followed every 6 to 9 months, when macular involvement is present patient needs more frequent follow-up • Patients with diabetic retinopathy need to be informed about importance of follow-up care even in the absence of their vision changes

If a complete examination is not possible in diabetic patients, pay close attention to the inferior retina.

Patients who switched to as-needed dosing experienced increased complications

When should ODs sends their patient to a retina specialist?

Vision loss caused by diabetic retinopathy comes in different packages.

ODs must pay close attention and manage all factors responsible for disease progression to improve the patient’s final outcome. The patient in this case report shows the importance of such management.

Trace the path of diabetic retinopathy disease via images.

Clinician recalls journal article, uses information to coordinate patient care.

New evidence provides ODs with increasingly accurately gauge of patients’ diabetes control and risk of vision loss.

Relationship between these two clinical structures difficult to assess without imaging.

A tricky case posed some diagnostic challenges until an unexpected error message presented

Retinoschisis can make diagnosing open-angle glaucoma especially difficult for optometrists.

Discovering the underlying cause of a white-centered hemorrhage is key to management