A STUDY OF RETINOPATHY IN PRE DIABETES IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

Pooja Patil, S. Home, A. Mitra, D. Mukherjee

Background: Diabetes is a chronic disease that has a prolonged prediabetic phase with speci􀃶c microvasular

complications like nephropathy ,retinopathy, neuropathy that can begin during prediabetic phase itself.

objective: The study is intended to know the relative prevalence of retinopathy among prediabetes patients.

Methodology: A total of 100 subjects with prediabetes ,visiting medicine OPD during the period of 6 months were included in the study.

Qualifying patients underwent detailed history, clinical examination, direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy,

Results: Among IFG and/or IGT (Prediabetes), 6% patients had very mild Non proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Conclusion: Microvascular complications such as retinopathy can be present in Prediabetes, though their prevalence is low.