Diabetic retinopathy can worsen rapidly during pregnancy. Good glucose control is of no importance in the progression of the disease. Hard exudates are signs of bacterial infection of the retina. Normal retinal vessels leak fluid, diseased ones do not. CT scans of the orbits.
Multivitamins are useful in reversing neovascularization.
Macular edema is usually treated with focal laser photocoagulation to seal off leaking microaneurysms. In a vitrectomy, the diseased vitreous is evacuated and replaced with vitreous from a cadaver eye. Primary open angle glaucoma. Glaucoma secondary to ocular trauma. Acute angle closure glaucoma.