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----- Original Message ----- From: "rajesh asudani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 11:21 PM Subject: [AI] A new answer to diabetic blindness >A new answer to diabetic blindness > > Special Correspondent > > CHANDIGARH: A multi-modal intervention in patients with diabetic > retinopathy may help in improving the vision of such patients, according > to Dr. Amod Gupta, > Head of Ophthalmology Department at the PGI medical institute here. > > Addressing newsmwn here on World Sight Day, Dr. Gupta and his colleagues, > M. R. Dogra, Vishali Gupta and Ramandeep Singh, described the multi-modal > intervention > as a futuristic approach to management of patients with diabetic macular > oedema, the most common cause of visual impairment in diabetics. > > Beneficial effects > > Dr. Gupta said that instead of doing laser straightaway, the Ophthalmology > Department had demonstrated the beneficial effect of multi-factorial > interventions > even before laser photocoagulation in these patients. > > This new strategy involves control of blood sugar, anaemia, blood lipids > and leaking proteins in the urine before doing any laser into the eye. > > On an average, it takes four to six weeks for the control of all these > parameters. > > The new approach had led to improvement in the visual acuity in 25 per > cent of the patients. The doctors said that their observations challenged > the currently > held views based on a larger multi-centric trial carried out in the early > 1980s that laser photocoagulation could at best stabilise visual acuity > and the > risk of further loss of vision could be reduced by 50 per cent in these > patients. > > Dr. Gupta said that with nearly 31 million diabetics, India tops the list > of 10 countries with the most number of diabetic people in the world. > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
