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Diabetes and eye diseases .
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Diabetes and eye diseases .
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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.
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.
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.
People with Type 2 Diabetes are at a much greater risk of having Diabetic Retinopathy. Also, Pregnant Women having diabetes are more prone to developing this disease.
To prevent this disease, the first necessary thing is that as soon as you get to know about having diabetes, go for detailed Dilated Eye Diagnosis
annually. Timely diagnosis and treatment can help prevent worsening of
this disease. Diabetic patients should always keep their blood sugar
level and blood pressure under control.
Also, medicines prescribed by the doctor must be taken regularly. In
addition to this, make sure to get a Hemoglobin AC1 test done twice a year and discuss the reports with your doctor.
For anyone who's having diabetes, there are some telltale signs like Blurred Vision, seeing dark spots or spotty vision, sudden weakening of eyesight, difficulty in recognizing colors and seeing darkness at some places that can help in identifying Diabetic Retinopathy. In case you witness any of these symptoms, don’t ignore and get yourself examined by an Eye Specialist.
It is saddening to read that on the occasion of #WorldHealthDay, a story got published in Indian Express stating 'India among the top 3 countries with high diabetic population'. #Diabetes is a #LifestyleDisease that affects one's overall #health. In fact, people who suffer from this disease are at a great risk of developing serious eye problems, #DiabeticRetinopathy being the most threatening of them.
Diabetic Retinopathy is a disease in which the blood vessels reaching the #retina are constricted and the flow of blood is hampered due to which #eyesight
starts becoming weak. Most dangerous part is that in the initial stage,
it is extremely difficult to identify it. And till the time it is
discerned, the condition is usually very serious and holds a grave risk
of complete #vision loss as well.
We know Diabetes is a lifestyle problem and that it affects all our body
organs.Where we are well aware Diabetes can cause heart problems,we are
not as well aware of damage uncontrolled Diabetes can cause to our
vision.Diabetes causes,Diabetic retinopathy,which is the most common
cause of vision loss among people with diabetes and a leading cause of
blindness among working-age adults.And tragedy is vision once lost can
not be reversed.We can at best limit the damage.So remember,if you are
diagnosed with diabetes,go for regular eye examination as only a Doctor
can spot symptoms of Diabetic Retinopathy.As a lay man you will not
realise that you have a serious eye problem.
The best treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy is prevention and early detection.
