A Study to compare whole blood Viscosity between Diabetics with and without Retinopathy

Dr. Ajay Kumar Mishra

Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2015

A Study to compare whole blood Viscosity between Diabetics with and without Retinopathy

Dr. Ajay Kumar Mishra

Abstract :

Blood viscosity is defined as resistance to blood flow in blood vessels. The rheological properties of blood depend on haematocrit value and plasma constituents. As the cellular fraction or plasma constituents increases of blood, blood viscosity increases. Ocular complications of the diabetes are of particular concern to the patients, the physician and the ophthalmologist, because of the increasing incidence of blindness in the world as result of it. Present study aims to find out the etiopathological relationship between whole blood viscosity and diabetic retinopathy. It was seen in this study that whole blood viscosity is significantly higher than the control in both diabetics with and without retinopathy but there is no significant relationship of change of whole blood viscosity between the diabetic without retinopathy and diabetic with retinopathy