中国专家学者:血液检测可早知糖尿病视网膜病变 - 2020年08月07日

Local experts have discovered an accurate method of diagnosing an eye disease — diabetic retinopathy — through a blood test than the current method of examining the back of the eye.
Diabetic retinopathy is the most common form of diabetic eye disease. The incidence of diabetes is 12.8 percent in China and diabetic retinopathy can lead to vision loss and blindness for middle-aged and elderly people.
Early detection and early intervention are important. But the major screening technology is eye imaging, which depends on expensive equipment and the judgment of ophthalmologists.