DOI: 10.36347/sasjm.2016.v02i05.003

Pages: Page: 107-109

Diabetic retinopathy is an ocular manifestation of diabetes, a systemic disease, which affects up to 80 percent of all patients who have had diabetes for 20 years or more. With this view the present work was planned to study prevalence of diabetic retinopathy detected on routine screening of diabetic patients in urban population. The present study work was done at Rao Nursing Hospital at Pune. The sample size was determined with help of expert statistician. The routine OPD patients visited for eye examination were included during last six months. Routine patients were checked with intention of earlier detection. From present study it is observed that there is seen higher prevalence associated with microaluminuria during routine test. However risk cases regular screening is highly helpful in early detection of diabetic neuropathy and its subsequent complications. Microalbuminuria is associated cross-sectionally with the presence of retinopathy in persons with diabetes and with the presence of proliferative disease in younger-onset individuals. It was underlined observation, which high ting the importance of regular screening.