Diabetes macular edema, a underestimated visual problem

Diabetes macular edema, a underestimated visual problem: It is not uncommon for diabetic macular edema to present after the onset of diabetic retinopathy, a complex process of deterioration of the retina that produces the obstruction of blood vessels and the occurrence of bleeding, because of high levels of blood glucose. In an estimated of 70 percent of patients with diabetic retinopathy, macular edema will eventually develop.