Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
AN AVERAGE OF one person goes blind from diabetes each week in Ireland – with Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) being the most common form of diabetic blindness in Irish adults, Diabetes Action has revealed.
DR is also one of the leading causes of adult blindness in the country, according to blindness registration figures collected by the National Council for the Blind Ireland (NCBI). The figures show that DR registrations have doubled since 2003.
http://www.thejournal.ie/one-person...ek-in-ireland-diabetes-action-425549-Apr2012/
Stay vigilant folks!
DR is also one of the leading causes of adult blindness in the country, according to blindness registration figures collected by the National Council for the Blind Ireland (NCBI). The figures show that DR registrations have doubled since 2003.
http://www.thejournal.ie/one-person...ek-in-ireland-diabetes-action-425549-Apr2012/
Stay vigilant folks!
Support and education are so important in so many aspects of life.