Please help me, to help my mother, she is diabetic and has problems?

Question

I really am worried about my mother. She is diabetic, had her eyes lazered to cortorize her haemorhaging blood vessels behind her eye. She is now knocking over drinking glasses next to her because she can't see them. When a white car drives passed her, she sees this white flash in her eyes, and is momentarily blinded. This concerns me a lot, because she lives on her own, and I have to do something about this. I would like to know what this is, how serious, because she is only seeing a doctor in January after all the festivities are over, coz specialist on holiday

Answer 1

Unfortunately, there is nothing that seeing a physician tomorrow will change vs. waiting until after the holiday. Your mother has advanced diabetic retinopathy. In this disease, the blood vessels in the eye start incresing in number which alters vision. The only way to stop it is to burn the vessels to prevent growth. The only thing you can do at this point is to be supportive & make sure that your mother's blood sugar so the condition does not worsen. You may want to consider asking her to live with a family member or with nursing care in the future. Sorry I don't have better news...

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Gestational diabetes will also be brought about through mother consuming unhealthily and/or gaining an excessive amount of weight at the same time pregnant... OR, it may be a physiological trouble that's brought about as a result of being pregnant and now not be mother's fault in any respect. Blame will have to now not come into play. The little one might be born at a better delivery weight (measurement) as a result of the expand in blood glucose stages, however the little one is probably not born diabetic (under no circumstances heard of dwarfism being a effect of diabetes....dwarfism is a genetic chromosomal sickness, has not anything to do with blood glucose. Nor does blood glucose have whatever to do with affecting ones genes.) Both mother and little one go back to natural blood glucose stages in a while after delivery. The little one returns to a natural degree considering the fact that it's now not dwelling off mother's blood provide, and mother's blood glucose may also out through approximately 6 weeks submit pardem while her hormone stages start to go back to natural.

Answer 4

I don't know the blood sugar control she has as far as keeping her sugars in normal range 70-110 but she should monitor her sugars frequently to see if within normal limits. This is one of the best ways a diabetic can prevent or worsen complications related to diabetes. It sounds like your mom may have diabetic retinopathy which is a complication of diabetes--diabetes can damage the vessels in the eyes and cause visual damage. If she recently had surgery to stop bleeding of these vessels and her md is out of town-due to her symptoms she needs to be evaluated by an md immediately. Can she see another doctor within the same group that did her surgery? Call them and explain her symptoms-if they do not get her in immediately to be seen-I would take her to the emergency room. It is always better to be safe than sorry. It seems if surgery had been successful-her vision would have improved--but it sounds like it has worsened--take care of this now. Good Luck to you and hope your mother does well!

Answer 5

Diabetes remains the leading cause of blindness in the United States. If she is undergoing laser treatment it is likely that she has 'new' blood vessels forming which leak blood. This referred to as proliferative (the new blood vessels proliferate) 'wet' (due to the presence of blood) retinopathy (an abnormality at the back of the eye). Laser treatment is usually very helpful although not even such treatment is guaranteed to preserve vision. In addition the first concern is to rigidly control the glucose (sugar) levels as elevations in glucose lead to angioneogenesis (it leads to the formation of new blood vessels). I am very sorry to hear of your mother's misery and I am pleased that you are so very concerned. I would suggest that if she allows you to that you go to the doctor with her. Ask questions about her level of glucose control and the extent of the retinopathy. Ask if this is likely to worsen or improve and over what time frame. Ask if she should drive. My father's vision is very poor and it is no longer safe to drive but he still sneaks out every now and then. I wish you and your mother the very best of health and may God bless.

Answer 6

Unless you have power of attorney over her all you can do is be there supportively. I'd suggest you offer, assuming you can, to be involved in her life more. Or find a close-by neighbor or friend that is willing to offer her rides for perhaps gas money or something.

Sunglasses might help but I have never heard of this condition. Of course having a mother that is a diabetic also the main concern is making sure she follows her correct regime and diet and checks her blood sugar regularly and follows those steps. I would also talk to a doctor about her condition as soon as possible and perhaps seek legal assistance in power of attorney if its to the point your mother is making horrible judgement calls.

Answer 7

Go to the emergency room in the hospital. That's what their there for. She can't just sit at home waiting for the specialist to get back. She could get worse if left unattended. I really don't know what else to tell you other than that. Make sure she still takes her meds. as prescribed. Good luck.

Answer 8

Get her some good Bilberry extract or MonaVie juice. It does wonders for the eyes. Also you may want to try pycnogenol or grapeseed extract which are terriffic for capillary health.