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What is Diabetic retinopathy, most likely present with – and explain in detail?
"Vision - threatening retinopathy is rare in type 1 diabetic patients in the first 3-5 years of diabetes or before puberty. During the next two decades, nearly all type 1 diabetic patients develop retinopathy. Up to 21% of patients with type 2 DM have retinopathy at the time of first diagnosis of diabetes and most develop some degree of retinopathy over time".    — Diabetic retinopathy : the Essentials