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Diabetic Patients Usually Present with Complex Co-Morbidities
Diabetic Patients are Young and Face Life-long Systemic and Ocular Complications
DR is the most common
cause of vision loss or
blindness in working-
age adults, usually
affecting both eyes
DME is a vision
threatening complication
caused by DR where
excess fluid leaks near
fovea and triggers
swelling of the macula
Treating DR leads to
control of DME
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Diabetic retinopathy¹
Dyslipidemia²
Diabetic neuropathy¹
Patients with DME have an
even greater risk of
complications than diabetes
patients without DME5,6
Stroke¹
K
Cardiovascular disease²
Diabetic nephropathy¹,2
Oral options have
the potential to reach
other vascular beds
to treat kidney and
neuropathic
co-morbidities
1. Petrella RJ, et al. J Ophthalmol 2012;159167; 2. International Diabetes Federation, Diabetes Atlas 6th Edition, http://www.idf.org/diabetesatlas;
3. National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2011 http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/pdf/ndfs_2011.pdf; 4. Rodbard HW, et al. Endocr Pract 2007;13:4-69; 5. Wong TY, et al. JAMA 2002;288:67-74; 6. Nguyen-Khoa B, et al. BMC Ophthalmol
2012;12:11
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