Here are signs of damage to the retina due to diabetes:
1. Become blurred vision or experience double vision
2. Like seeing the ring, flashing lights, or blank spots
3. Dark or floating spots
4. Tenderness in one or both eyes
5. Difficult to see something from the corner of the eye
Care and Handling
The steps that must be done if you have eye problems due to diabetes are as follows:
1. Keeping blood glucose levels and normal blood pressure.
2. To treatment with the laser method. Eye doctor may recommend treatment with the laser method. Treatment with the laser method can slow vision loss.
3. Perform vitrectomy. Vitrectomy is a procedure that aims to remove the blood and vitreous fluid of the eye. Then clean fluid is put back into the eye.
If a lot of blood that leaked into the vitreous and eyesight gets worse, the eye doctor may recommend vitrectomy surgery. This operation will make the vision become better.
Cataract and Glaucoma
Other eye problems that can occur in people with diabetes are cataract and glaucoma. People without diabetes can have eye problems such experience.
However, people with diabetes are more likely to experience these problems and occurs at a younger age.
A cataract is a cloud formation or the membranes of the eye lens. Cataracts will make everything visible looks cloudy. If you experience this it would require surgery or surgery to remove the cataract.
With surgery, the lens will be removed and replaced with a plastic lens that looks like a contact lens. Cataract surgery will help to be able to see clearly again.
Glaucoma occurs initially because of the pressure inside the eye. Over time, this pressure will damage the optic nerve or optic nerve primary.
This damage will cause the loss of eye sight from the side. Treatment of glaucoma is usually much simpler.
Eye doctor will give you special drops are used every day to reduce the pressure on the eye. Or it could be the eye doctor will suggest to undergo laser surgery method.
