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• Diabetics should be screened for retinopathy and receive
treatment to prevent vision loss.

• Diabetics also have increased risk for cataract development.

Diabetic Nephropathy

• Definition: glomerular changes in kidneys of diabetics leading to
impaired renal function.

• First indicator: microalbuminuria.
• Diabetics without treatment go on to develop hypertension,

edema, progressive renal insufficiency.
• Most common cause of end-stage renal failure in U.S.

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