Capillary Fragility and Diabetic Retinitis

Abstract

AN INCREASED incidence of retinal changes among patients with diabetes has been noted in recent years. Diabetes of long duration has been associated with the greatest increase in retinal hemorrhages, although hypertension or other evidences of generalized vascular or renal disease may be present or develop subsequently. The importance of this subject is well known to students of diabetes and to internists, who see increasing numbers of diabetic patients, old and young, with impaired vision from this cause.The term "capillary vessels" includes the endothelial tubing that lies between the arterioles and the small veins. There is no marked distinction . . .