RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Reversal of diabetic tractional retinal detachment attributed to keto diet
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e235873
DO 10.1136/bcr-2020-235873
VO 13
IS 10
A1 Chandrasekaran, Priya
A1 Rani, Padmaja Kumari
YR 2020
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/13/10/e235873.abstract
AB A 40-year-old woman, known type 2 diabetes mellitus, obese (100 kg), on insulin (80 units), was under treatment for unstable proliferative diabetic retinopathy with extramacular tractional retinal detachment (TRD) in the left eye. At 1-year follow-up, she developed progression of TRD involving the macula in the left eye for which she was advised surgery. She did not follow-up for 6 months during which time she had adopted a coconut oil-rich ketogenic diet. She reported losing 25 kg body weight along with reversal of diabetes (Glycosylated Haemglobin (HbA1C) of 5.3% without insulin) in the interim. During this 2-year follow-up visit, it was found that there was complete resolution of macular detachment due to TRD in the left eye with stable vision. This was attributed to the impactful ketogenic diet.