1. Chronic hyperglycemia can lead to diabetic retinopathy through several pathways such as advanced glycation end products, protein kinase C activation, and inflammation.
2. The pathogenesis involves retinal neurodegeneration as the earliest change along with retinal capillary leakage due to microvascular leakage and occlusion.
3. As more capillaries are destroyed, damage progresses to the venules which can develop microaneurysms, beading, looping, and segmentation - signs of more advanced proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Duration of diabetes is the most important risk factor.
1. Chronic hyperglycemia can lead to diabetic retinopathy through several pathways such as advanced glycation end products, protein kinase C activation, and inflammation.
2. The pathogenesis involves retinal neurodegeneration as the earliest change along with retinal capillary leakage due to microvascular leakage and occlusion.
3. As more capillaries are destroyed, damage progresses to the venules which can develop microaneurysms, beading, looping, and segmentation - signs of more advanced proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Duration of diabetes is the most important risk factor.
1. Chronic hyperglycemia can lead to diabetic retinopathy through several pathways such as advanced glycation end products, protein kinase C activation, and inflammation.
2. The pathogenesis involves retinal neurodegeneration as the earliest change along with retinal capillary leakage due to microvascular leakage and occlusion.
3. As more capillaries are destroyed, damage progresses to the venules which can develop microaneurysms, beading, looping, and segmentation - signs of more advanced proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Duration of diabetes is the most important risk factor.