Friday, November 22, 2024
What is diabetic eye disease?
Diabetic eye disease refers to a group of eye problems that can affect people with diabetes. These conditions include diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema (DME). Diabetes can also increase your risk of developing cataracts and glaucoma. Diabetes can cause damage to the blood vessels in the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye, leading to vision impairment or blindness if not treated in time.
People with diabetes are also at higher risk of developing cataracts and glaucoma. Cataracts occur when the lens of the eye becomes cloudy, while glaucoma results from chronic progressive damage to the optic nerve, the cable that connects your eye to your brain, often due to increased eye pressure.
