### condition | illness | disease | eye disease:

Diabetic retinopathy
* Diabetic retinopathies are diseases
* affects the retina, the light-sensitive tissue that lines the eye's back wall.
* begins prior to any outward signs of disease being noticed.
* begins with a slight deterioration in the small blood vessels of the retina
  - damage to the blood vessels in the eye
* blinding eye disease that affects patients suffering from diabetes.
* can also cause increased pressure on the eye, that can further diminish vision
  - be present in the eye without exhibiting any symptoms at all
* can lead to blindness
  - partial or total loss of vision
  - progress, even to a severe stage, without noticeable symptoms
  - result in detachment of the retina
  - seriously affect vision and, if left untreated, cause blindness
  - worsen rapidly during pregnancy
* common complication of diabetes.
* complex disease.
* complication of a disease which can strike anyone
  - diabetes and is one of the leading causes of blindness
* complication of diabetes that affects the blood vessels of the retina
  - damages the blood vessels in the retina
* develops gradually over many years.
* disorder, which can be treated with the argon laser.
* general name for disorders of the retina that are caused by diabetes.
* good example of the eyes' health reflecting the health of the entire body.
* has no early warning symptoms.
* is an area of particular emphasis in both clinical and research aspects
  - eye condition caused by diabetes
* is an eye disease
  - caused by complications of diabetes
  - problem caused by diabetes mellitus, which affects the retina
* is caused by changes in the blood vessels in the eye
  - damage to the small blood vessels in the eye's retina
  - characterised by the presence of retinal microvascular lesions
  - considered a form of vascular retinopathy
  - damage to the blood vessels in the eye caused by diabetes
  - due to a weakening of small blood vessels that nourish our retinas
* is one of the leading causes for irreversible blindness in the United States
  - of visual impairment
  - more feared complications of diabetes
  - most common complications associated with diabetes
* is the leading cause of blindness among the working population
  - in adults in the United States
  - in working individuals in America
  - in working-age adults
* is the leading cause of new blindness among adults in the United States
  - onset blindness in the U.S. adult population
  - name given to the damage diabetes does to the retina
* leading cause of blindness in American adults.
* major cause of blindness in industrialized nations
* occurs when diabetes damages the tiny blood vessels in the retina.
* poses a serious threat to vision.
* possible complication of diabetes.
* potentially blinding eye complication of diabetes
  - serious eye disease caused by diabetes
* remains the leading cause of blindness among working age adults.
* silent attacker.
* term used to describe the changes in the blood vessels of the retina.

Glaucoma
* can eventually lead to irreversible blindness.
* occurs in Tasmania at the same frequency as elsewhere in Australia
  - when nourishing fluid that normally flows in and out of the eye drains too slowly
* occurs when pressure builds up in the eye
  - increases within the eyeball, seriously threatening vision
* occurs when the drainage canals become blocked
  - outlets become blocked, causing fluid pressure within to build
  - fluid that's normally inside the eye drains too slowly

### condition | illness | disease | eye disease | glaucoma:

Chronic glaucoma
* becomes much more common with increasing age.
* causes no pain.
* is caused by an eye that went untreated in the very early stages
  - glaucoma
  - more common with aging and is seen primarily in patients over fifty years old
  - the most common form of the condition
* progresses very slowly.
* tends to develop very slowly.