The state of diabetic retinopathy in the Philippines

Opthalmologic evaluation should be part of routine work-up once a patient is diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. A 5-year history of diabetes mellitus is a significant risk factor for contracting damage to the retina. It is a physician's responsibility to take this into consideration when seeing patients with diabetes in order to prevent the unwanted complication of diabetic retinopathy- blindness. For the MIMS community, do physicians routinely refer diabetic patients to ophthalmologists for ...