Early retinopathy - a bit upset

Goacher55 said:

I had retinopathy fir 3 consecutive screening tests and then I was so surprised as I though once you had it you always have it. I e had no signs of it for the past 3 screenings.

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helensaramay said:

What do you mean by "the beginning of retinopathy"?
I have, in the past, been diagnosed with "background retinopathy". Is this the same thing?
Background retinopathy can be reversed through good BG control.

Furthermore, I have been told that retinopathy is diagnosed through manual checking of retinal scans. What someone may think of as a tiny retinal bleed may be considered to be a blip on a photo by someone else - it quite subjective.

Whatever it is (or isn't), I believe the best thing to do is maintain good BG control and look after yourself.

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Boo1979 said:

Ive been having eye screens for over 20 yearss - all bar the first one I ever had have come back as either clear or early signs of background retinopathy, requiring no action & they oscillate between the two. It seems that good sugar control can keep eye damage at bay and stave off Proliferative retinopathy which is the stage where small bleeds in the eye have led to the production of new (and relatively weak) capillaries that can rupture leading to further small bleeds and may need laser treatment to try and stop. Big bleeds are the most coomon cause of blindness as a diabetic complication
As I see it, signs of early changes on a scan report are just a reminder to keep sugars and blood pressure under good control

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