Diabetic Retinopathy

Sign/Symptoms
Eye Vision Distorted Eye: Sudden and Painless Vision Loss Eye: Vision Impairment Retinal Detachment Retinal Haemorrhage Vision Acuity Decreased Vision Blurred Vision: Spots Floating on Visual Field

Drugs

Our Records are Incomplete for Drugs

Treatments
Surgery Laser Photocoagulation Panretinal Photocoagulation (Scatter Laser Treatment) Vitrectomy Medical Procedure Near-Infrared Light Therapy (NIR) Alternative Medicine Pine Bark Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Medical Therapy Near-Infrared Light Therapy (NIR) Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Laser Photocoagulation Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Panretinal Photocoagulation (Scatter Laser Treatment) Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Vitrectomy Weakly in Favour Low Evidence

Attributes
Commonality is common Incidence is approximately 1 in 3,846 people

Further Tests
C-Peptide Concentration Test C-Peptide (Decreased) Cholinesterase (Serum Acetylcholinesterase, Pseudocholinesterase) Cholinesterase (Increased) Glycosylated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) Concentration Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) (Increased) Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) Concentration Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) (Increased) Urine Oxalate Concentration (24 Hour) Urine Oxalate (Increased)

Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:

Pine Bark Extract [1, 2, 3, 4]:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.

Recommendation: weakly in favor (Early studies indicate potential for Pine bark extract in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy, but more clinical studies need to be done)

Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org

Summary References

Treatments:

1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009

2. http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00214032

3. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/pine-bark-extract

4. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-pycnogenol.html

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