Diabetic Retinopathy
What is Diabetic Retinopathy?
More people across the United States suffer form loss of vision due to diabetic related complication than other forms of loosing vision. And the cause of this is diabetic retinopathy. Diabetics damage nerve endings and the nerve endings of the eyes are the most sensitive ones that get damaged due to this. Diabetic generally damages the tiny blood vessels inside the retina and these are the light sensitive tissues that are located at the back of the eye.The most damaging part of this is that diabetic retinopathy damages the nerve cells of both the eyes at one go. This can first result in a blurred vision and later if left untreated and uncared for can be the cause of blindness.
Who is at Risk for Developing Diabetic Retinopathy?
Diabetic retinopathy is developed by all those who have diabetics and leave it un-controlled. The only that one can do to put off the development of diabetic retinopathy is to control your glucose in the blood.
What are the symptoms of Diabetic Retinopathy?
Some of the most common symptoms of diabetic retinopathy are blurred vision, loss of vision all of a sudden, experiencing some flashes and floaters in the eyes, finding a difficulty in reading and double vision. All of these symptoms may take place in an individual or a combination of any two. If a diabetic patient experiences even one of these symptoms, it is high time he / she went to a doctor.
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