If you have diabetes, in order to
avoid problems with the eyes, you should regularly visit your
ophthalmologist. In fact, diabetes is the leading cause of blindness
among adults aged 20 to 74 years.
High blood sugar levels in diabetes
causes swelling lens that alters your ability to see. To correct for
this type of impairment you need to return your blood sugar to target
levels. From the moment you start a good control of concentration of
sugar in your blood, before your vision can fully recover, it may take
up to three months. Blurred vision in diabetes may also be a symptom of
more serious eye problems. People, who suffer from diabetes, can develop
three main types of eye problems: cataracts, glaucoma and retinopathy.
Although cataracts can develop in each,
people with diabetes, these eye problems can occur at an earlier age
and the condition progresses faster than in people without diabetes. If
you are diabetic and you have cataracts, your eye can not focus the
light source and at the same time disturbed vision.
When normal drainage of fluid stops
inside the eye, it accumulates, there is increasing pressure and is
developing other eye problems that can occur in diabetes and is called
glaucoma. Treatment of eye problems in diabetes may include special eye
drops, laser treatments, medications and surgery.
Diabetic retinopathy is a vascular
(related to blood vessels) complications arising from diabetes. This
diabetic eye disease occurs due to damage to small blood vessels called
microangiopathy. Kidney disease and nerve damage due to diabetes
mellitus is also related to microangiopathy. Damage to large blood
vessels (also known as macroangiopathy) includes complications such as
heart disease and stroke.
Diabetic retinopathy – the leading cause
of irreversible blindness in developed countries. Duration of diabetes
is the single most important risk factor for retinopathy. The longer you
have diabetes, the higher the likelihood of developing this serious eye
problem. If you do not detect retinopathy at an early stage or not to
treat it, it can lead to blindness.
Thus, in order to prevent the
development of eye problems due to diabetes, you should: monitor your
blood sugar level, control high blood pressure.
