Diabetes – damage to the retina of the eye
Diabetes mellitus, also called diabetes, has many effects on the body – including your eyes. Diabetes can damage the retina in the eye. Often, the changes are not noticed initially, but this can lead to slight visual problems or even blindness in the course of the process.
We would like to show how damage to the eye caused by diabetes can be recognized early, which treatments help and which consequences can occur.
What causes diabetes on the eye
The retina is often affected by diabetes. So-called diabetic retinopathy (diabetic changes in the retina) is one of the possible consequences of diabetes. Diabetic retinopathy is a disease of the retina of the eye that permanently damages the retinal blood vessels by changing and even destroying the walls of the vessel.
Basically, there are two different types of diabetic retina impairment:
Diabetic maculopathy: With a diabetic maculopathy, the macula is affected – the place where the sense cells for color vision are located. If blood vessels near the macula are damaged, macular edema develops, fluid that deposits on the retina. This retinal swelling affects the visual function. In more harmless cases, patients can only see distorted. Severe cases can lead to permanent loss of vision.
Diabetic retinopathy: Diabetic retinopathy is damage to the retina in the eye due to high blood sugar levels and one of the most common causes of blindness in people between 20 and 65 years. A high blood sugar level damages the small blood vessels, the capillaries, in the retina, so that photoreceptors receive too little oxygen. This creates new, unstable blood vessels. People with diabetic retinopathy are seeing worse and worse. In severe cases, the retinal changes described can lead to retinal detachment and eventually blindness if left untreated. Dry eyes can also be associated with diabetes, which means a reduction in the quality of life for those affected.
EuroEyes: laser treatment
The EuroEyes Clinic Group is a globally successful company that was founded 26 years ago in Hamburg and has its headquarters there until today. In addition to locations throughout Germany, EuroEyes is also represented in China and Denmark. The company offers patients the full range of refractive surgery for the correction of visual disorders. Using state-of-the-art eye laser and lens surgery procedures, EuroEyes treats more than 25,000 patients each year with nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, presbyopia or cataract. The treatment enables the start of a life free of glasses and contact lenses without any impairment of visual quality.
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