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For the last 22 years my eye screening results have all come back as either “ all clear “ or “ signs of early changes called background retinopathy”
This years has come back as “ very mild, early changes due to diabetes, called early background retinopathy”
Having spent many years working in the NHS, I can only wonder how long it took some bright spark to come up with that term and how many meetings it took to ratify it as a diagnostic category even tho it probably means exactly the same as the previous description!
This years has come back as “ very mild, early changes due to diabetes, called early background retinopathy”
Having spent many years working in the NHS, I can only wonder how long it took some bright spark to come up with that term and how many meetings it took to ratify it as a diagnostic category even tho it probably means exactly the same as the previous description!
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