I am 24 and diabetic for last 9years. My eye sight is pretty weak now but it was weak even i was not diabetic, so we cant say its mainly cause of diabetics. What i would like to know, is it safe to have eye laser treatment for my eye sight?
2007-02-13 00:20:04 · 5 answers · asked by Steve 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
There are three eye disease are associate to diabetic;1)diabetic retinopathy.2)cataract 3)glaucoma.Since you ask about laser treatment and your vision,now I only talk about of diabetic retinopathy:retina illness due to diabetic.Retina is our visual senor.
The damage is progressive;all relate to damage to the blood vessels of retina.First make the vessel weak and developed very small balloon like call microaneurysms,because this change the small vessel will become blocked and lack fo supply to retina cell,result stimulate to grow more blood vessels.These new grow vessel are abnormal,they can grow over to most important part of retina call macular.and these vassel also will ruptur and bleed.The leaking blood will futher weaked the vision.The laser treatment only indicate to the late stage;when abnormal growth of vessel,to burn these this vessels to prevent them to grow to the macula.Laser treatment will leave scar and can lose some vision but for the stop the further damage and is no choice.
2007-02-13 06:06:11 · answer #1 · answered by brother3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had this surgery about 7 months ago and now see at 20/15 in both eyes. There are risks which the doctor SHOULD cover with you during your visit, but the risks are rare and a GOOD doctor should be able to tell you if you are a good candidate for the surgery. The most important thing you can do is make sure the doc is reputable and not some guy or gal who opened up a clinic in the mall on a whim. Your first visit should be long and they should run A LOT of different tests on your eyes to see if you are able to have the surgery. Even if the doc is reputable, get a second opinion, make sure you are a good candidate and they are not just giving you a line to get your money. Also it depend on the type of surgery you are having. If you are near sighted then LASIK or similar is the way however if your eyes are just getting worse because of aging the surgery is a little different than just regular laser surgery. Other than that it is the BEST money I have ever spent and if someone took it away today I would do it all over again!
2016-03-13 23:39:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like all surgical procedures, Lasik surgery has some amount of risk. The skill of the surgeon is also important .More detail at http://eye-care.in/lasikeyesurgery.html
2007-02-13 17:09:47 · answer #3 · answered by sanki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-19 16:19:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you should ever see thread like items floating over your eyes this is retinopathy why not go to a opthamologist and find out
2007-02-16 02:50:18 · answer #5 · answered by wildirishrose19522000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋