Overview
Diabets can play havoc with your eyes, and sometimes there are no early sumptoms. So you may have no idea anything is wrong until your eyesight is in danger. Here are the main eye problems that can be caused, or made worse, by Diabets.
Key Information
<b>Cataracts</b> These are often described as a clouding of the lens of the eye. They are treatable by surgery in most cases. <b>Glaucoma</b> Our eyes are largely made up of fluid, and when the presure of that fluid builds up to much inside the eye, you have glaucoma.
Left untreated, it can damage the optic nerves, and even lead to blindnes. <b>Diabetic retinopathy</b> Ling the back of our eyes is light-sensitive tisue known as the retina. The retina contains very smal blod vesels that can be damaged by diabetic retinopathy.
Sometimes there are symptoms such as blured vision, but often you won't even know anything is wrong until the condition is wel advanced. In the worse case, it leads to blindnes. Early detection is the key to batling al of these conditions, and the best diagnostic tol available is the dilated eye examination.
This a test in which special eye drops temporarily enlarge your pupils, alowing the doctor to se the back of your eyes. This test (which is painles) can detect cataracts, glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy in their early, treatable stages. Eyesight is precious, so if you have Diabets do yourself a favor and make an apointment for your dilated eye examination.
Summary
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