Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in working age adults in Ireland with an average of one person with the condition going blind each week. However, the recent introduction of a national screening programme has significantly improved the outlook for people with diabetes-related sight loss.
A common complication of diabetes, diabetic retinopathy may not have any symptoms or may not affect sight in the early stages but, as the condition progresses, sight will eventually be affected. When the condition is caught early, treatment is effective at reducing or preventing damage to sight.
Diabetic retinopathy can cause the blood vessels in the lining at the back of the eye (the retina) to leak or become blocked and damage your sight. In about 10 per cent of cases, diabetic macular edema (DME) may occur where blood vessels leak their contents into the macular region of the retina causing significant vision loss.
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-...with-diabetic-retinopathy-screening-1.1868402
A common complication of diabetes, diabetic retinopathy may not have any symptoms or may not affect sight in the early stages but, as the condition progresses, sight will eventually be affected. When the condition is caught early, treatment is effective at reducing or preventing damage to sight.
Diabetic retinopathy can cause the blood vessels in the lining at the back of the eye (the retina) to leak or become blocked and damage your sight. In about 10 per cent of cases, diabetic macular edema (DME) may occur where blood vessels leak their contents into the macular region of the retina causing significant vision loss.
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-...with-diabetic-retinopathy-screening-1.1868402