At the most fundamental level, diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a metabolic disease of the retina. When excessive glucose is present in the blood stream—as is the case with poorly controlled type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes—several metabolic pathways are upregulated to handle the hyperglycemic state.
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