Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Diabetic autonomic neuropathy, a common side effect of diabetes that is linked to a wide range of complications including digestive issues, erectile dysfunction, paralysis of the bladder and intestinal damage, is not only difficult to treat, it’s also difficult to diagnose.
Currently doctors rely on changes in digestive speed, heart rate and blood pressure to detect autonomic neuropathy, which puts limits on how early a diagnosis can be made.
Researchers in Taiwan, however, have developed a new device that diagnoses diabetic autonomic neuropathy earlier by monitoring the pupils of the eyes in those with diabetes.
http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2014...rly-signs-of-diabetic-autonomic-neuropathy--/
Currently doctors rely on changes in digestive speed, heart rate and blood pressure to detect autonomic neuropathy, which puts limits on how early a diagnosis can be made.
Researchers in Taiwan, however, have developed a new device that diagnoses diabetic autonomic neuropathy earlier by monitoring the pupils of the eyes in those with diabetes.
http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2014...rly-signs-of-diabetic-autonomic-neuropathy--/