Dr. Sribhargava Natesh, Nethra Eye Hospital, Bangalore speaks about Diabetic retinopathy, in Bengaluru

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Dr. Sribhargava Natesh, Nethra Eye Hospital, Bangalore speaks about Diabetic retinopathy, he says, "Diabetes can affect Heart, Kidney, brain, eyes etc. one of the major affection in the eyes called Retinopathy. Diabetic eye disease or Diabetic retinopathy which means the affection of the retina due to the diabetic microvascular complications. The diabetic catrag which means the people who get catrag due to the increased blood sugar. These are the common diabetic eye disease we generally see. One thing which we have to remember is that the diabetic retinopathy is a silent vision killer. Diabetic retinopathy is the most common form of diabetic eye disease. Diabetic retinopathy usually only affects people who have had diabetes (diagnosed or undiagnosed) for a significant number of years. Reti