Understanding DME

Low vision, diabetic macular edema, and mental health
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Low vision, diabetic macular edema, and mental health

How diabetes eye complications like diabetic macular edema can negatively impact a person’s mental health.
What are the symptoms of diabetic macular edema?
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What are the symptoms of diabetic macular edema?

How DME disrupts the most important part of a person’s vision and why it requires treatment as soon as possible
Diabetic macular edema vs. diabetic retinopathy
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Diabetic macular edema vs. diabetic retinopathy

One occurs as a complication of the other, and both are a complication of uncontrolled diabetes.
Diabetic macular edema: a glossary of terms
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Diabetic macular edema: a glossary of terms

Words, terms, and definitions to help you understand diabetic macular edema.

Treatment

Controlling diabetes to treat diabetic macular edema
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Controlling diabetes to treat diabetic macular edema

Diabetes control is an essential part of managing diabetic macular edema and other types of diabetic eye disease.
What to ask when switching treatment for DME
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What to ask when switching treatment for DME

What to discuss with a healthcare provider if diabetic macular edema isn’t responding to treatment.
Treating diabetic macular edema: vision rehabilitation
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Treating diabetic macular edema: vision rehabilitation

Vision rehabilitation can help a person living with DME make the most of their vision and stay as independent as possible.