why do diabetics loose their vision?

Answer 1

I wish more people would qualify their statements. Not all diabetics lose their vision. Only those who can't control their blood sugar end up with complications. If you're diabetic and having trouble with blood glucose management, you really need to read this:

For type I and type II diabetics (and those who could potentially become diabetic)...

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The book explains what's going on in our system and what to do about it. It's really easy and inexpensive. It's basically diet, supplements and exercise. For example, did you know that cinnamon helps blood sugar absorption? It also controls cholesterol and triglycerides. This is according to the USDA:
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Answer 2

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Answer 3

Retinopathy (damage to the retina) caused by complications of diabetes mellitus, which could eventually lead to blindness. It is an ocular manifestation of systemic disease which affects up to 80% of all diabetics who have had diabetes for 15 years or more. Despite these intimidating statistics, research indicates that at least 90% of these new cases could be reduced if there was proper and vigilant treatment and monitoring of the eyes.

Diabetic retinopathy often has no early warning signs. Even macular edema, which may cause vision loss more rapidly, may not have any warning signs for some time. In general, however, a person with macular edema is likely to have blurred vision, making it hard to do things like read and drive. In some cases, the vision will get better or worse during the day.

As new blood vessels form at the back of the eye as a part of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), they can bleed (haemorrhage) and blur vision. The first time this happens, it may not be very severe. In most cases, it will leave just a few specks of blood, or spots, floating in a person's visual field, though the spots often go away after a few hours.

These spots are often followed within a few days or weeks by a much greater leakage of blood, which blurs vision. In extreme cases, a person will only be able to tell light from dark in that eye. It may take the blood anywhere from a few days to months or even years to clear from the inside of the eye, and in some cases the blood will not clear. These types of large hemorrhages tend to happen more than once, often during sleep.

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Answer 7

Diabetics develop refractory errors leading towards myopia more often. They also develop cataracts at younger age. As the blood vessels get narrowed retinal blood vessels get clotted ,bleed and exudate. Added to it diabetic neuropathy involving occular cranial nerves like 3rd Occulomotor,4th Trochlear, 5th Trigeminal 6th Abducent, and ,7th Facial nerves cause peresis of eye muscles and corneal ulcers.

Answer 8

diabetic patient if loose control on blood sugar then only there is chance of loosing eye sight because of poor blood supply upto eyes.if diabetic patient keep control it blood sugar no problem he lives like a normal person

Answer 9

High blood sugars affect the small capillaries thus affecting the circulation to the eyes, kidneys and feet. Diabetics lose a lot of things especially if their blood sugars are out of control all of the time.

Answer 10

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