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There are four stages of diabetic retinopathy: mild, moderate and severe nonproliferate, and proliferative retinopathy. In the mild form (pictured), microaneurysms occur. As the disease progresses to the moderate form, blood vessels that nourish the retina are blocked. In the severe form more blood vessels are blocked and the retinal sends signals to grow new blood vessels.

Diabetic retinopathy