Agardh C D, Cavallin-Sjöberg U, Agardh E
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh). 1988 Apr;66(2):206-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1988.tb04013.x.
Rapid improvement of glucose control in diabetics may cause a transient progression of ischemic retinopathy. We report a transient bilateral acute asymptomatic optic disc swelling associated with rapid improvement of metabolic control in a male Type I diabetic. It is d, suggested that the optic disc swelling could be caused n of by a rapid near-normal normalization of the blood glucose.