This is the second installment in a six-part series that examines the ways in which artificial intelligence is transforming medical research and care.
Terry Quinn was diagnosed with diabetes while he was just a teenager. Because he didn’t want to feel different, he somewhat rebelled against the label and the constant testing.
His greatest concern was that he would eventually have to have his foot amputated. He wasn’t particularly concerned about vision loss, another potential consequence of diabetes. Quinn, a resident of West Yorkshire, says, “I never thought I’d lose my sight.”
However, he became aware of blood in his eye one day. He was diagnosed by doctors with diabetic retinopathy, which is damage to the blood vessels in the retina caused by diabetes. Injections followed by laser treatments were necessary for this.
