EyePod - 20 - Diabetic Retinopathy pt 1 - Pathogenesis

Welcome to EyePod Bayer!Diabetes is the epidemic of the 21st century. The western lifestyle gives you high risk of becoming obese and getting diabetes. Diabetic retinopathy is by far the most common complication of diabetes and end-stage complications include proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and diabetic macular edema (DME), both induced by hyperglycemia.This is the first episode of three together with Professor Jakob Grauslund from Odense, Denmark, where we discuss diabetes in general, pathogenesis of DR, genetic associations and epidemiology.Welcome to listen and let us know if you liked it by writing to us at: [email protected] you! MA-EYL-DK-0081-1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.