Diabetes Can Cause Eye Disorders, Early Detection Can Help in Treating Them
Diabetes can cause a wide range of harmful side effects, including eye problems. All forms of diabetic eye disease have the potential to cause severe vision loss and blindness but they can be treated. If you have diabetes there are steps you can take to prevent or delay these conditions and if you are diagnosed, treatments may be effective. If you have diabetes, we can help you maintain your vision for as long as possible.
Diabetic retinopathy impacts the blood vessels in the light-sensitive retina that’s in the back of the eye. This is the most common cause of vision loss for diabetics and the top cause of vision impairment and blindness for working-age adults.
Chronically high blood sugar because of diabetes is associated with injuring tiny blood vessels in the retina, which leads to diabetic retinopathy. It can also result in blood vessels in the retina to leak or bleed, distorting your vision. At an advanced stage of the disorder, new, abnormal blood vessels develop on the retina’s surface, causing scarring and cell loss.
Diabetic macular edema (DME) results from diabetic retinopathy. It’s the pooling of fluid in the macula, which is part of the retina. The macula makes possible sharp vision in front of you which you use for reading, recognizing details and driving. The condition is the most common reason for vision loss for those with diabetic retinopathy. About half of all people with diabetic retinopathy will develop DME. It’s more likely to happen as diabetic retinopathy progresses but it may occur at any stage of the disease.
Diabetic eye diseases also include cataract and glaucoma,
Diabetic retinopathy impacts the blood vessels in the light-sensitive retina that’s in the back of the eye. This is the most common cause of vision loss for diabetics and the top cause of vision impairment and blindness for working-age adults.
Chronically high blood sugar because of diabetes is associated with injuring tiny blood vessels in the retina, which leads to diabetic retinopathy. It can also result in blood vessels in the retina to leak or bleed, distorting your vision. At an advanced stage of the disorder, new, abnormal blood vessels develop on the retina’s surface, causing scarring and cell loss.
Diabetic macular edema (DME) results from diabetic retinopathy. It’s the pooling of fluid in the macula, which is part of the retina. The macula makes possible sharp vision in front of you which you use for reading, recognizing details and driving. The condition is the most common reason for vision loss for those with diabetic retinopathy. About half of all people with diabetic retinopathy will develop DME. It’s more likely to happen as diabetic retinopathy progresses but it may occur at any stage of the disease.
Diabetic eye diseases also include cataract and glaucoma,
- Cataract is the clouding of the eye’s lens. Diabetics are two to five times more likely than others to develop a cataract. It often develops at an earlier age in people with diabetes. It’s generally diagnosed in people in their late 60’s or early 70’s.
- Glaucoma covers a number of eye diseases damaging the eye’s optic nerve (a group of nerve fibers connecting the eye to the brain). Some types cause increased pressure inside the eye. Adult diabetes almost doubles the risk of developing glaucoma.
- Depending on your condition you may be able to control your diabetes through medications, exercise and a healthy diet, which can also prevent or delay diabetes related vision loss.
- Diabetic retinopathy can go unnoticed until vision loss occurs, so you need to get an annual comprehensive, dilated eye exam. If it’s diagnosed, diabetic retinopathy can be treated with several therapies.
- Early detection, timely treatment and the right follow-up care of diabetic eye disease can protect against vision loss.
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