Case 6: Introduction

History of Present Illness (HPI)

A 56 year old male with a past medical history of T2DM complicated by peripheral neuropathy and claudication, non-obstructive CAD, obesity, HLD, NAFLD, CKD3, OSA, and bilateral knee OA presents to his primary care physician for routine follow up visit. He reports good compliance with his medication which includes metformin and nightly insulin. He does not have any new complaints today but would like to get his eyes checked out because his mother recently went blind from DM complications. He denies any changes in his vision, eye pain, redness, discharge, flashes, floaters.


Which of the following are possible ocular complications of diabetes: Choose all that apply before continuing!
Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Cataract
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Glaucoma
Retinal detachment
Macular degeneration
Vitreous hemorrhage

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