(NAPSI)—Para los casi 40 millones de estadounidenses que viven con diabetes, la amenaza a su visión se desarrolla de manera silenciosa, a menudo sin advertencia. La retinopatía diabética, una complicación que daña los vasos sanguíneos de la retina, se ha convertido en la principal causa de ceguera entre los adultos en edad laboral en los Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, lo que hace que esta epidemia sea particularmente trágica es que no tiene por qué ser así.
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