Type 2 Eye problems?

Not sure that the annual eye screen looks at anything other than retinopathy
When I see my optometrist for a yearly eye exam he looks at the eye in much greater detail including the maccula

carol43 said:

When I needed YAG laser capsulotomy on both eyes in February the doctor at the hospital told me that I had macular degeneration in my right eye and the left eye had blood vessel damage. I couldn't see the scan because I'd had drops in my eyes. I recently had the yearly retinography and it came back normal. What is going on and who is telling the truth?

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The diabetic eye screening programme looks for diabetic retinopathy only. That is why they recommend that people attend both the optician and the annual eye screening.

Having said that, if a non-diabetic sight-threatening (or life-threatening) condition is spotted, the programme will refer people either to their GP or directly to hospital, depending on the urgency of the condition and the local protocol. Wet AMD would normally be referred urgently to hospital as it can cause sight-loss very quickly. Dry AMD, however, progresses slowly and is not treatable so may not even be mentioned. Some conditions come on very quickly (wet AMD, blood vessel occlusions) so could be absent at screening one day and visible in ophthalmology by the following week.

carol43 said:

Here's the letter that was sent to my GP.

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That's a good result - no diabetic maculopathy or other diabetic retinopathy was detected so you are at very little risk of developing sight-threatening retinopathy within the next year. Macular degeneration is not the same as diabetic maculopathy.

Some info about macular degeneration:- https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/macular-degeneration/

Dark Horse said:

That's a good result - no diabetic maculopathy or other diabetic retinopathy was detected so you are at very little risk of developing sight-threatening retinopathy within the next year. Macular degeneration is not the same as diabetic maculopathy.

Some info about macular degeneration:- https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/macular-degeneration/

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What do they do if maculopathy is present how is it treated

davemufc said:

What do they do if maculopathy is present how is it treated

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There's lots of information here:- http://www.diabeticretinopathy.org.uk/diabetic_maculopathy.html