How Does Diabetes Affect The Eyes
By: Richard Bleuze
How Does Diabetes Affect The Eyes?
Diabetes can affect your eyes since it causes problems in the retina with what are collectively called microvascular abnormalities. The small blood vessels develop microaneurysms and leak blood. New blood vessel growth (neovascularization) occurs. Unfortunately, these blood vessels are weak and also leak. These leaks (hemorrhages) can cause irreversible damage to the retina and permanent vision loss.
Patients with controlled diabetes do better than those with uncontrolled diabetes. However, even a person whose diabetes is under perfect control can still develop diabetic retinopathy — hence, the need for yearly retinal exams.
When left unrecognized and untreated, diabetic retinopathy often gets worse and can eventually lead to blindness. In addition, diabetic retinopathy can even get worse despite use of the best treatments that currently exist for it.
In addition, diabetes can affect any one of the three cranial nerves that are responsible for movement of the eyes. General speaking, diabetes is one of the more common conditions associated with sixth nerve palsies. Paralysis of this nerve will affect the lateral rectus muscle that allows the eye to look outward. You should also know that there is no specific medicine for this. In addition, the paralysis can be temporary and last a few months or it can be permanent.
Another factor to consider is that diabetes can also cause you to have eye infections such as pink eye and frequent styes? Generally, people with diabetes are more likely to get bacterial infections, including bacterial pink eye and/or eyelid styes. Thus, diabetes affects the autoimmune system, lowering your resistance to infection. That is why those that have diabetes should learn to keep their A1c (marker of blood sugar levels) as low as possible in addition to practicing good hygiene such as washing your hands frequently and avoiding touching or rubbing your eyes.
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