5 Question: FEEDBACK: A 30 year old female with a 25 year history of type 1 diabetes presents with a sudden onset of floaters in her right eye. The Reason answer is correct or incorrect. most likely reason for this vision loss is macular edema a Macular edema causes slowly progressing loss of central visual functions. traction retinal detachment b TRD usually is slowly progressing over weeks or months vitreous hemorrhage c This may occur suddenly without any warning in patients with PDR hard exudation d Hard exudates seldom cause vision loss but are markers of a slowly progressive and persistent leaking of injured blood vessels that also results in edema, which is what causes the vision loss. retinal neovascularization e Retinal neovascularization is asymptomatic until it breaks and bleeds.
5 Question: A 30 year old female with a 25 year history of type 1 diabetes presents with a sudden onset of floaters in her right eye. The most likely reason for this vision loss is FEEDBACK: Reason answer is correct or incorrect. a macular edema Macular edema causes slowly progressing loss of central visual functions. b traction retinal detachment TRD usually is slowly progressing over weeks or months c vitreous hemorrhage This may occur suddenly without any warning in patients with PDR d hard exudation Hard exudates seldom cause vision loss but are markers of a slowly progressive and persistent leaking of injured blood vessels that also results in edema, which is what causes the vision loss. e retinal neovascularization Retinal neovascularization is asymptomatic until it breaks and bleeds.
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