Source of knowledge regarding diabetic retinopathy among Sudanese adult diabetic patients at Makkah Eye Complex- Khartoum Sudan; 2014

Abstract

Abstract: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic illness with prevalence of 171 million worldwide; as a result most of body organs and particularly the eye sensitive tissues are affected. Recently diabetes was termed as one of main causes of blindness. There are about 126 million people worldwide affected by diabetic retinopathy (DR) with 37 million patients suffering vision threatening DR. However, most of people are unaware of ocular complication due to long term DM.