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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 1443027" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>When you speak to your doctor, you can ask them to contact the screening programme (or you can probably do this yourself) to ask exactly what they saw to give you a diabetic maculopathy referral. One of the criteria for referral is if someone has a microaneurysm or haemorrhage close to the fovea coupled with a reduced visual acuity (the line you can read on the eye chart). It is possible that you might be being referred for this reason, as a precaution, because it is a first screening and the screening programme don't know how much your visual acuity was affected by your previous problems. Knowing this might help ease your anxiety. There are other changes, however, such as macular exudates, which require referral no matter what the visual acuity.</p><p></p><p>As [USER=339124]@Tony337[/USER] says, if you do need treatment, the macular laser is more 'gentle' than that used to treat proliferative retinopathy. Injections may also be offered. Sometimes, it is better to monitor frequently rather than treat straight away in the hope that it will improve without treatment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 1443027, member: 52527"] When you speak to your doctor, you can ask them to contact the screening programme (or you can probably do this yourself) to ask exactly what they saw to give you a diabetic maculopathy referral. One of the criteria for referral is if someone has a microaneurysm or haemorrhage close to the fovea coupled with a reduced visual acuity (the line you can read on the eye chart). It is possible that you might be being referred for this reason, as a precaution, because it is a first screening and the screening programme don't know how much your visual acuity was affected by your previous problems. Knowing this might help ease your anxiety. There are other changes, however, such as macular exudates, which require referral no matter what the visual acuity. As [USER=339124]@Tony337[/USER] says, if you do need treatment, the macular laser is more 'gentle' than that used to treat proliferative retinopathy. Injections may also be offered. Sometimes, it is better to monitor frequently rather than treat straight away in the hope that it will improve without treatment. [/QUOTE]
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