{"id":2577,"date":"2019-08-27T14:50:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T14:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/profdrkaanunlu.com\/goz-hastaliklari\/"},"modified":"2019-11-26T11:21:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:21:11","slug":"eye-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profdrkaanunlu.com\/en\/eye-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Eye Diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Diabetic Retinopathy caused by diabetes mellitus is the most common reason for blindness between the age of 20-65. If it is not treated, the risk of blindness is 25 times more than people who don\u2019t have diabetes. The main reason for problems on retina is impairments of retinal vessels due to diabetes. As a result of these impairments; microaneurysms (bubbles in small vessels), bleedings, edema (aggregation of water), exudate (accumulations due to the leakage from the vessels) may be seen on retina at an early stage of disease, and failure to sending adequate oxygen (ischemia) to the neural layer, formation of the new vessels and membranes inside the eyes may be observed at the later stages of the disease.<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”22px”][vc_single_image image=”826″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space height=”22px”][vc_column_text]At the last stage of the disease, blindness may occur as the severe results of bleedings into the eye and separating of the retinal layer from the eyewall (retinal detachment) by the membranes. Therefore, appropriate follow-up, early diagnosis, and treatment are very important. With today\u2019s modern technology, the rate of blindness in these patients can be reduced below %5 percentage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When patients are diagnosed with diabetes for the first time, they must be examined by an ophthalmologist and they must continue their follow-up examinations with intervals suggested by the physician no more than one year. If an ophthalmologist requires, an eye angiography may be performed during these examinations. This procedure performed while the patient is seating after administrating an iv drug through the armed vessel takes a couple of minutes and with this procedure, the place of the leakage on retina, ischemia, forming of new vessels is examined in detail. Another examination method used frequently is optical coherence tomography (OCT). By this method, it is possible to examine the retinal layer at the 5-10 micron level in seconds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The main aim of the treatment for diabetic retinopathy is keeping the current vision stable. The most common treatment method for this aim is laser surgery. Laser surgery is a painless intervention. With this intervention, it is aimed to reduce the edema on the retina and to regress the newly formed vessels tending to bleed. In case that laser treatment is not adequate, drugs can be administered into the eye. A surgical operation may be needed in advanced cases. With the vitrectomy operation in which high technology is used and which is performed by an experienced surgeon,\u00a0 bleeding in the eye and membranes are cleaned, and separated retinal layer is replaced. Gas or silicon may be placed into the eye at the end of the operation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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