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Dr. Amit Gupta

Dr. Amit Gupta

MD, FACS
Ophthalmologist
Scarborough, ON
Q:

What to Expect When Getting Laser Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy

A:

For diabetic retinopathy, laser treatment, which is the conventional treatment, is used for multiple reasons. There is laser that is done around the edges of the eye, and what you can expect is that you’ll put in a machine called a slit lamp—very much the same as the machine you have your eyes examined in. So something that’s familiar to most people if they’ve had an eye exam.

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What to Expect When Getting Laser Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy

Dr. Amit Gupta

Dr. Amit Gupta

MD, FACS
Ophthalmologist
Scarborough, ON
Q:

The Risks of Not Treating Diabetic Retinopathy

A:

The risks of not treating your eyes and not controlling the diabetic retinopathy are many. You can have blurring of vision, you can have loss of vision—some of which is recoverable once you start treatment.

But you can also have permanent loss of side vision or centre vision in a way that can’t be recovered. If ignored long enough the doctor can help you but maybe not enough.

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The Risks of Not Treating Diabetic Retinopathy

Dr. Greg Moloney

Dr. Greg Moloney

MMED, FRCSC
Ophthalmologist
Vancouver, BC
Q:

What is RLE - Refractive Lens Exchange

A:

Modern cataract surgery has evolved to the point that we now have a high amount of control over your final glasses prescription. It is now possible to reduce or eliminate myopia (short sightedness), hyperopia (long sightedness) or astigmatism at the time of cataract surgery with strong predictability.

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RLE - Refractive Lens Exchange