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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 1263094" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>People with type 2 diabetes may have background retinopathy at first screening because they may have had undiagnosed diabetes for years which has been uncontrolled. Improving diabetic control reduces the risk of new diabetic changes forming and the old changes may disappear from view. Some people with improved control may get a future screening where no retinopathy is detected, whereas others may get background retinopathy results for the rest of their lives. Good control reduces the risk of progression but doesn't eliminate it so it's important to continue being screened so that any sight-threatening retinopathy can be detected early which is when treatment is most effective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 1263094, member: 52527"] People with type 2 diabetes may have background retinopathy at first screening because they may have had undiagnosed diabetes for years which has been uncontrolled. Improving diabetic control reduces the risk of new diabetic changes forming and the old changes may disappear from view. Some people with improved control may get a future screening where no retinopathy is detected, whereas others may get background retinopathy results for the rest of their lives. Good control reduces the risk of progression but doesn't eliminate it so it's important to continue being screened so that any sight-threatening retinopathy can be detected early which is when treatment is most effective. [/QUOTE]
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