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What Does NPDR Mean?

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What Does NPDR Mean? In this more common form — called nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) — new blood vessels aren’t growing (proliferating). When you have NPDR , the walls of the blood vessels in your retina weaken. Tiny bulges protrude from the walls of the smaller vessels, sometimes leaking fluid and blood into the retina.

Can Your Body Make New Blood Vessels?

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Can Your Body Make New Blood Vessels? 6. THE BODY CAN FORM NEW VESSELS WHEN ONE IS BLOCKED. Eidson says the body can form new blood vessels if a pathway gets blocked, a process called angiogenesis or neovascularization. How do new blood vessels form? The mechanism of blood vessel formation by angiogenesis is initiated by