Detecting Diabetic Retinopathy

If you notice any of the above listed symptoms, immediately seek the advice of a doctor. An eye specialist examines your eye thoroughly. In this test, an eye specialist enlarges the pupil by using eye drops and then examines the retina. He examines the eye for the following conditions:

• Swelling
• Abnormal blood vessels
• Fatty deposits or bleeding in the retina
• Development of new blood vessels
• Bleeding in vitreous, (it is a jelly like substance filling the center of the eye)
• Scar tissues
• Retinal detachment

Doctors also suggests other tests such as fluorescein angiography, also called retinal photography and optical coherence tomography (OCT) for detecting Diabetic Retinopathy.