See Also: thrombocythemia, haemorrhagic(medicine)
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Diabetic(health)
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Diabetic Retinopathy (health) and thrombocythemia, haemorrhagic (medicine)


Diabetic Retinopathy (health)


Severe changes in the back of the eye, or the retina, caused by diabetes. These may include ongoing microaneurysms, retinal hemorrhages or swelling in the central part of the eye (macula). The proliferative type involves the growth of abnormal blood vessels in the retina or at the optic disc with blood leaking into the jelly part of the eye (vitreous), or a detachment of the retina.





thrombocythemia, haemorrhagic (medicine)


thrombocythemia, haemorrhagic


A clinical syndrome characterised by repeated spontaneous haemorrhages and a remarkable increase in the number of circulating platelets.