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Low HbA1c and background retinopathy
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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 1763429" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>It's possible that you may have developed background retinopathy - some unlucky people do develop it despite good control. In that case all you can do is continue maintaining good control of diabetes and BP to reduce the risk of further progression, avoid smoking, and make sure you attend all eye screening appointments so that if any sight-threatening retinopathy does develop it can be treated at an early stage. However, with an HbA1c of 44 mmol/mol it seems very unlikely that you would develop background retinopathy within 5 years of diagnosis. It might be due to an error. For example, a harmless pigment spot can look like a microaneurysm if the camera flash is a little bit high. If you do go and see your GP, you can ask if the background retinopathy was reported in both eyes - it's less likely to be an error if both eyes were found to have retinopathy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 1763429, member: 52527"] It's possible that you may have developed background retinopathy - some unlucky people do develop it despite good control. In that case all you can do is continue maintaining good control of diabetes and BP to reduce the risk of further progression, avoid smoking, and make sure you attend all eye screening appointments so that if any sight-threatening retinopathy does develop it can be treated at an early stage. However, with an HbA1c of 44 mmol/mol it seems very unlikely that you would develop background retinopathy within 5 years of diagnosis. It might be due to an error. For example, a harmless pigment spot can look like a microaneurysm if the camera flash is a little bit high. If you do go and see your GP, you can ask if the background retinopathy was reported in both eyes - it's less likely to be an error if both eyes were found to have retinopathy. [/QUOTE]
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