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Ocular Complications of Diabetes and Therapeutic Approaches
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease defined by elevated blood glucose (BG). DM is a global epidemic and the prevalence is anticipated to continue to increase. The ocular complications of DM negatively impact the quality of life and carry an extremely high economic burden. While systemic co...
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4826913/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27119078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3801570 |
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author | Vieira-Potter, Victoria J. Karamichos, Dimitrios Lee, Darren J. |
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description | Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease defined by elevated blood glucose (BG). DM is a global epidemic and the prevalence is anticipated to continue to increase. The ocular complications of DM negatively impact the quality of life and carry an extremely high economic burden. While systemic control of BG can slow the ocular complications they cannot stop them, especially if clinical symptoms are already present. With the advances in biodegradable polymers, implantable ocular devices can slowly release medication to stop, and in some cases reverse, diabetic complications in the eye. In this review we discuss the ocular complications associated with DM, the treatments available with a focus on localized treatments, and what promising treatments are on the horizon. |
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spelling | pubmed-48269132016-04-26 Ocular Complications of Diabetes and Therapeutic Approaches Vieira-Potter, Victoria J. Karamichos, Dimitrios Lee, Darren J. Biomed Res Int Review Article Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease defined by elevated blood glucose (BG). DM is a global epidemic and the prevalence is anticipated to continue to increase. The ocular complications of DM negatively impact the quality of life and carry an extremely high economic burden. While systemic control of BG can slow the ocular complications they cannot stop them, especially if clinical symptoms are already present. With the advances in biodegradable polymers, implantable ocular devices can slowly release medication to stop, and in some cases reverse, diabetic complications in the eye. In this review we discuss the ocular complications associated with DM, the treatments available with a focus on localized treatments, and what promising treatments are on the horizon. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4826913/ /pubmed/27119078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3801570 Text en Copyright © 2016 Victoria J. Vieira-Potter et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Vieira-Potter, Victoria J. Karamichos, Dimitrios Lee, Darren J. Ocular Complications of Diabetes and Therapeutic Approaches |
title | Ocular Complications of Diabetes and Therapeutic Approaches |
title_full | Ocular Complications of Diabetes and Therapeutic Approaches |
title_fullStr | Ocular Complications of Diabetes and Therapeutic Approaches |
title_full_unstemmed | Ocular Complications of Diabetes and Therapeutic Approaches |
title_short | Ocular Complications of Diabetes and Therapeutic Approaches |
title_sort | ocular complications of diabetes and therapeutic approaches |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4826913/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27119078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3801570 |
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