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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 2147044" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>Normally an urgent referral to ophthalmology from the diabetic eye screening results in a hospital appointment within 6 weeks of the screening date if proliferative diabetic retinopathy has been seen. The fact that the hospital appointment is so soon after screening suggests that a change has been seen that is not due to diabetes.</p><p></p><p>The results letter from the screening should say whether the hospital referral is because of diabetic retinopathy or because of changes which are not due to diabetes. If it is the latter, your husband's GP should have been notified of the reason for the referral so you could try ringing the surgery to ask. One of the possible reasons for an urgent non-diabetic referral is suspected retinal detachment - if your husband sees a sudden increase in flashes he has been seeing (seeing stars) he should go to eye casualty.</p><p></p><p>Bear in mind that screening is not the same as diagnosis - it is not until someone has been seen in hospital for further tests that anyone will know whether the changes seen at screening are significant or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 2147044, member: 52527"] Normally an urgent referral to ophthalmology from the diabetic eye screening results in a hospital appointment within 6 weeks of the screening date if proliferative diabetic retinopathy has been seen. The fact that the hospital appointment is so soon after screening suggests that a change has been seen that is not due to diabetes. The results letter from the screening should say whether the hospital referral is because of diabetic retinopathy or because of changes which are not due to diabetes. If it is the latter, your husband's GP should have been notified of the reason for the referral so you could try ringing the surgery to ask. One of the possible reasons for an urgent non-diabetic referral is suspected retinal detachment - if your husband sees a sudden increase in flashes he has been seeing (seeing stars) he should go to eye casualty. Bear in mind that screening is not the same as diagnosis - it is not until someone has been seen in hospital for further tests that anyone will know whether the changes seen at screening are significant or not. [/QUOTE]
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