“Diabetes; It is a metabolic disease that manifests itself with increased blood sugar (hyperglycemia) due to insufficient insulin release or insulin action. Diabetes can damage many of our organs, including the eye. Eye problems caused by diabetes
range from temporary visual impairments to double vision, blindness
and permanent vision loss. Cataracts are encountered more frequently and at earlier ages in people with diabetes. However, if there is no other eye problem that will affect the patient's vision, the patient will have good vision after the extremely successful cataract surgery.
Retinal disorders due to diabetes are called diabetic retinopathy. The risk of blindness is 25 times higher in diabetics than in non-diabetics. In more advanced stages of the disease, painful intraocular pressure elevation (glaucoma) may occur. If the disease and its complications are not treated, it can result in blindness. Diabetic retinopathy does not cause any complaints in the earliest stages. In fact, the patient may not have any vision complaints until the advanced stages. Or, since vision loss progresses slowly, the person may not be aware of it until he/she develops visual impairment that affects his/her daily
life. Patients may experience a slowly progressive decrease in vision, or they may also experience sudden
loss of vision. This shows the importance of examining diabetic patients by an ophthalmologist together with a diabetes specialist. Serious vision loss can be prevented in many diabetic patients with early diagnosis and treatment
and frequent check-ups. In fact, the purpose of eye examination in diabetic patients is to detect diabetic retinopathy before the patient's complaints appear and to prevent vision loss by intervening when it becomes vision-threatening.”
In diabetic patients; Eye examination should be performed when the diagnosis is made in young people starting from adolescence, and in individuals after the age of 30.
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