Pregnant Women are at the greatest risk of developing Diabetic Retinopathy

Diabetic Retinopathy is most common in pregnant women with diabetes. In fact, many women develop diabetes during their pregnancy. The reason being, often during pregnancy, the hormones inside the  mother to-be goes through various changes, which increases the chances of developing problems like hypertension and diabetes. That is why during pregnancy, doctors recommend some additional tests as pregnancy may worsen diabetic retinopathy.

 

Treating Diabetic Retinopathy

Managing your blood sugar level carefully is the first step towards ‪Preventing Diabetic Retinopathy‬. Indulge in a ‪‎healthy diet‬ and religiously spend at least 1 and a half hour daily on physical ‪#exercises‬ like walk, aerobics or yoga. Take you medicines on time. If you smoke, quit it, as it is an additional hazard. Twice a year, go for a hemoglobin A1C test and get it checked by your doctor. Ideally, your A1C should be under 7 percent. Contact an eye doctor if sudden changes in ‪vision‬ are observed by you, or you are facing blurred or spotty vision. The damage caused can’t be retrieved back but progress can be checked by surgeries like Focal Laser treatment, Scatter Laser treatment, Vasectomy.

If you have already lost some of your vision due to ‪‎Diabetic Retinopathy‬, then ask your doctor for low vision services and devices. This can help you greatly in maintaining your remaining vision.

Lastly, remember if you are diagnosed with ‪‎Diabetes‬, then don't panic. Just start living a better ‪‎lifestyle‬. 

Retinal Detachment can lead to Vision Loss, Know about it

Retinal Detachment‬ is a condition in which the ‪retina‬ detaches or peels away from the back wall of the ‎eye‬. This leads to reduction of blood supply along with source of nutrition to the retina, resulting in degeneration. Retina if remains detached can cause permanent ‪vision loss‬. Read more about this problem in the accompanied article of mine that appeared in today's Nai Duniya.
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Types of Diabetic Retinopathy

Diabetic Retinopathy is more common in type II (life style diabetes) as compared to Type I cases (from early childhood).  In some rare cases the symptoms of Diabetic Retinopathy are seen in the initial stages but generally only basic symptoms are visible such as dark spots floating in your vision, blurred and fluctuating vision, vision loss, difficulty with color perception; and dark or empty areas in vision.

There are majorly 3 types of Diabetic Retinopathy:

1. Clinically significant macular edema (CSME)- Usually characterised by swelling of macula, it is more common in people with type 2 diabetes. Patient suffering from this type faces problems like distorted or reduced vision.

2. Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR)- It is the first or early stage of Diabetic Retinopathy and can occur anytime after diabetes being diagnosed. In patients with type 1 diabetes, symptoms are rarewly seen even after diagnosis of the disease, whereas, in type 2 diabetes its symptoms are visible during diagnosis.

3. Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR)- Patients suffering from this type has the maximum risk of vision loss along with problems like retinal detachment or glaucoma.

The best antidote is patients diagnosed with diabetes should get a comprehensive dilated eye exam once every year as the chances of having Diabetic Retinopathy increases with the time.  If diagnosed in time, your doctor can help you in preventing its progression. Remember the key is early detection and timely treatment as only this can prevent vision loss.

 

If you have diabetes, don't ignore these symptoms

Often in the initial years after being diagnosed with ‪Diabetes‬, the symptoms of ‪Diabetic Retinopathy‬ are not clearly visible, only mild ‪vision problems‬ are witnessed. And this is the gravest risk. Even a physician is unable to diagnose it easily. Diabetic Retinopathy is a silent killer whose damage cannot be stopped. This disease if not diagnosed timely, can even lead to permanent ‪‎vision loss‬.
 
If you have Diabetes, it becomes very important to undergo complete eye examination every year. In addition to this if you are observing ‪Central Vision Loss‬ while reading or driving, or ‪blurred vision‬ accompanied by problems such as ‪‎spotty vision‬ and ‪floaters‬, please don't ignore them and visit an ‪Eye Specialist‬ at the earliest.

Understanding Diabetic Retinopthy

Nearly half of India’s population is suffering from ‪Diabetes‬. And we all are aware of the fact that diabetes collectively cause damage to all our body organs, but the damage it does to our ‪eyesight‬ is just irreparable and can’t be set right by anything. According to a recent study, the cause of ‪blindness‬ in approximately 70 percent of adults above 40 years of age is due to ‎Diabetic Retinopathy‬.

Diabetic Retinopathy is a condition in which the blood vessels of the ‪retina‬ get damaged or blocked. When blood vessels get blocked, the blood supply to retina gets stopped, which ultimately leads to ‪vision loss‬. 

Tips to Prevent Weakening of Eyesight among Children

Being well worse with the digitized world, has become the need of the hour. And the way world is moving, we cannot keep kids away from electronic gadgets, but we can always moderate their use. Spending huge amount of time over mobile phones, laptops etc. is one of the primary reasons behind increasing cases of weak eyesight among children. Studying in dim light and genetic factors are among the few other reasons behind children wearing spectacles at a young age. Appropriate distance must be maintained while working on computers. Screen guards can be used on the computer screens to protect children from its harmful rays. Further, if this (spending time with gadgets) is interspersed with kids spending time outdoors, the eye’s will get time rejuvenate limiting the damage caused by these gadgets.