Diabetics are at a significantly increased risk for developing
a wide range eye problems, including the potential for
vision loss.
Diabetic Eye Disease
Diabetic eye disease refers to a group of eye conditions that can affect people with diabetes or pre-diabetes, as well as individuals with prolonged high blood sugar levels. These conditions all have the potential to cause severe and permanent vision loss or blindness. Diabetic eye disease includes the following conditions:
• Diabetic retinopathy is damage to the blood vessels in the retina and is often a sign of damage to other organs
• Cataracts are the clouding of the lens of the eye, which often develops earlier in diabetics
• Glaucoma is an increase in fluid pressure inside the eye, leading to optic nerve damage. Vision loss is twice as likely to develop in a diabetic than in someone without diabetes Read More
