1. Eat healthy meals and snacks
2. Take your medicine
3. Monitor your blood sugar and keep a daily log
4. Exercise every day
5. Live a healthy lifestyle (no smoking, less stress, adequate sleep, avoid excessive alcohol)
6. Lose weight if overweight
7. Maintain recommended weight
8. Reduce/control high blood pressure and high cholesterol
9. Adjust your meal plan/exercise to keep your [...]
Yes. You can get two other eye problems—cataracts and glaucoma. People without diabetes can get these eye problems, too. But people with diabetes get them more often and at a younger age.
● A cataract (KA-ter-act) is a cloud over the lens of your eye, which is usually clear. The lens focuses light onto the retina. [...]
You may not get any signs of diabetes retina damage or you may get one or more signs:
● blurry or double vision
● rings, flashing lights, or blank spots
● dark or floating spots
● pain or pressure in one or both of your eyes
● trouble seeing things out of the corners of your eyes
First, keep your blood glucose and blood pressure as close to normal as you can.
Your eye doctor may suggest laser treatment, which is when a light beam is aimed into the retina of the damaged eye. The beam closes off leaking blood vessels. It may stop blood and fluid from leaking into the vitreous. Laser [...]
As diabetes retina problems get worse, new blood vessels grow. These new blood vessels are weak. They break easily and leak blood into the vitreous of your eye. The leaking blood keeps light from reaching the retina.
You may see floating spots or almost total darkness. Sometimes the blood will clear out by itself. But you [...]
Retina damage happens slowly. Your retinas have tiny blood vessels that are easy to damage. Having high blood glucose and high blood pressure for a long time can damage these tiny blood vessels.
First, these tiny blood vessels swell and weaken. Some blood vessels then become clogged and do not let enough blood through. At first, [...]
High blood glucose and high blood pressure from diabetes can hurt four parts of your eye:
1. Retina (REH-ti-nuh). The retina is the lining at the back of the eye. The retina’s job is to sense light coming into the eye.
2. Vitreous (VIH-tree-us). The vitreous is a jellylike fluid that fills the back of the eye.
3. [...]
What can I do to prevent diabetes eye problems?
● Keep your blood glucose and blood pressure as close to normal as you can.
● Have an eye doctor examine your eyes once a year. Have this exam even if your vision is OK. The eye doctor will use drops to make the black part of your [...]
Too much glucose (sugar) in the blood for a long time can cause diabetes problems. This high blood glucose (also called blood sugar) can damage many parts of the body, such as the heart, blood vessels eyes, and kidneys. Heart and blood vessel disease can lead to heart attacks and strokes. You can do a [...]
