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Diabetic Eye Disease Can
Cause Blindness, Gives No Early Warning Signs 07/28/07
by: ARA
Content
Annual Eye Exams Crucial to Early Detection and Treatment
(ARA) - Loss of eyesight in people with diabetes is a national
health problem. People with diabetes are 25 times more likely to
become blind than those without diabetes, and diabetic eye disease can
cause as many as 25,000 new cases of blindness every year, according
to the National Eye Institute (NEI), one of the Federal government's
National Institutes of Health.
Nearly half of the nation's estimated 16 million people with
diabetes will develop some degree of diabetic retinopathy, the most
common form of diabetic eye disease, and the leading cause of
blindness in American adults. Diabetic retinopathy damages the tiny
blood vessels in the retina, the light-sensitive tissue that lines the
back of the eye.
The disease does not have any early warning symptoms such as
pain, and vision may not change until the disease becomes severe.
"This is one of the most frightening things about diabetic eye
disease," says Dr. Paul Sieving, director of NEI. "People with
diabetic eye disease do not realize that their eyesight is slowly
deteriorating."
The only way to diagnose diabetic eye disease in its early
stages is with a dilated eye exam. Using eye drops to enlarge the
patient's pupils, a dilated eye exam allows the eye care professional
to see more of the inside of the eye to check for signs of the
disease. People with diabetes need to make annual dilated eye exams a
priority. Ignoring the importance of an annual eye exam could lead to
trouble later on, when diabetes begins to affect a person's eyesight.
Vision lost from diabetes cannot be restored. Yet in about 90
percent of those who would otherwise become blind, the early detection
of diabetic eye disease, combined with laser surgery when needed, and
appropriate follow-up, has helped preserve vision. Laser surgery can
shrink the abnormal blood vessels caused by diabetic retinopathy.
Sieving notes that "the longer a person has diabetes, the more
likely it is that person will develop diabetic retinopathy. However,
studies have shown that people with diabetes who keep their blood
sugar levels as normal as possible slow the onset and progression of
diabetic retinopathy and lessen the need for laser surgery. This may
also help reduce other complications from the disease, such as kidney
disease, stroke and nerve damage."
Individuals with diabetes are also at risk for other eye
diseases. Studies show that they are twice as likely to get a cataract
as a person who does not have the disease, and that cataracts develop
at an earlier age in people with diabetes. Glaucoma may also become a
problem. A person with diabetes is nearly twice as likely to get
glaucoma as other adults. And, as with diabetic retinopathy, the
longer someone has had diabetes, the greater the risk of getting
glaucoma.
Much research is being done to learn more about diabetic eye
disease. For instance, the National Eye Institute is supporting a
number of research studies in the laboratory and with patients to
learn what causes diabetic retinopathy and how it can be better
treated. This research should provide better ways to detect and treat
diabetic eye disease and prevent blindness in more people with
diabetes.
A free brochure, "Don't Lose Sight of Diabetic Eye Disease," is
available by writing to Diabetic Eye Disease, 2020 Vision Place,
Bethesda, MD 20892-3655. NEI's Web site,
www.nei.nih.gov/health/index.htm provides additional information
about diabetic retinopathy.
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