Retinal screening

kev-w · May 10, 2020

https://link.springer.com/article/1...Internal.Event.1.SEM.ArticleAuthorOnlineFirst

I saw this on Twitter earlier looking at extending screening to every other year...

Dark Horse · May 10, 2020

Work is already under way to extend the screening interval from 1 year to 2 years for low-risk patients (those who have no diabetic retinopathy detected for 2 screenings running).
https://phescreening.blog.gov.uk/20...intervals-what-information-do-we-really-need/

Antje77 · May 10, 2020

In the Netherlands the standard is every 2 years and more often if there is reason to suspect problems.

kev-w · May 10, 2020

Us type 1's have it yearly in the UK.

Diakat · May 10, 2020

Except this year, mine was cancelled at the start of lockdown.

DCUKMod · May 10, 2020

kev-w said:
Us type 1's have it yearly in the UK.

I could be wrong, but in UK, I don't think type of diabetes has influence on frequency. Scan results certainly can though.

kev-w · May 11, 2020

For myself having T1 was the reason I was screened when it first came out, and from then the reason I'm screened yearly still is length of duration, I've had a couple of times with 6 monthly screening but the bleeds self healed so I went back to yearly.

Dark Horse · May 11, 2020

DCUKMod said:
I could be wrong, but in UK, I don't think type of diabetes has influence on frequency. Scan results certainly can though.

Yes, the default screening interval is yearly whether you are type 1, type 2 or any of the rarer types of diabetes (except gestational diabetes where screening is not necessary unless the woman converts to type 2). As you say, the results of the screening determine whether someone needs to be re-invited sooner than a year (into the digital surveillance arm of the screening programme) but in the UK, normal screening is done with retinal photography rather than with a scan.

DCUKMod · May 11, 2020

Dark Horse said:
Yes, the default screening interval is yearly whether you are type 1, type 2 or any of the rarer types of diabetes (except gestational diabetes where screening is not necessary unless the woman converts to type 2). As you say, the results of the screening determine whether someone needs to be re-invited sooner than a year (into the digital surveillance arm of the screening programme) but in the UK, normal screening is done with retinal photography rather than with a scan.

Thanks for confirming Dark Horse.

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