Diabetic retinopathy screening service from 1st Retinal Screen Ltd


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Risk Factors

Currently 2% of the UK diabetic population is thought to be registered blind, which means that a person with diabetes has a 10 - 20 fold increased risk of blindness.

Risk Factors for developing / worsening of diabetic retinopathy:

Duration of diabetes
Type of diabetes (proliferative disease in type 1 and maculopathy in type 2)
Poor diabetic / glycaemic control
Hypertension
Diabetic nephropathy
Pregnancy
Alcohol (variable results which may be related to the type of alcohol involved eg worse in Scotland than Italy)
Smoking (variable results but appears worse in young people with exudates and older women with proliferative disease)
Ethnic origin

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