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The diabetes mellitus (DM) epidemic, which progresses every year, is usually combined with the obesity epidemic, which is one of the major public health crises facing both developed and developing countries [1, 2]. Of the two major forms of diabetes, type 2 diabetes significantly exceeds type 1 diabetes (DM1) in prevalence and poses a greater challenge to modern health care systems. DM1 is considered an autoimmune disease,possibly caused by a viral infection, with an acute onset that includes insulins and islet cell infiltration, but persists as a chronic disease [3, 4], whereas type 2 diabetes (DM2) is a chronic disease caused by metabolic dysfuncfunction and insulin resistance. Both conditions are characterized by hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia, which are considered major risk factors for the development of common macro- and microvascular complications [5, 6], as well as neurological dysfunction; in additoon, these two conditions can coexist [7, 8].

The effectiveness of methods for diagnosing and treating eyeball angiopathies in diabetes is based on an in-depth and detailed study of the morphological structure of the organ of vision. The results of morphometric research of the choroid of the rat eyeball can serve as a foundation for solving problems in clinical ophthalmology.