Diabetic retinopathy: Visual impairment

Diabetic retinopathy is the main cause of vision failure amongst the Adolescence of the developing and the developed countries . There are 25 times more chances of Diabetic patients likely to become blind than non-diabetic patients . Diabetic retinopathy is a situation of diabetes to the retina and to the blood vessels. It is a symptom-less disease in the early stages and it could lead to permanent vision loss if it is untreated for long time. Here is a difficulty for the patients that they may not know about it, until it reaches highest stage. Once it reaches advanced stages vision loss becomes unavoidable. Diabetic retinopathy is the third major cause of blindness mainly in India.

Symptoms

Symptoms may not become noticeable at early stages of disease, but the normal symptoms of retinopathy to look out for include:

• Sudden changes in vision
• Distorted vision
• Blurred vision
• Floaters in your vision
• Seeing dark spots or patches
• Reduction in night vision
• Loss of vision
  Peak level of risk from diabetic retinopathy?
• Diabetic retinopathy risk factors are the following.
  
• Poor blood glucose control
• Protein in urine
• high blood pressure
• Prolonged diabetes
• Raised fats (triglycerides) in the blood

Stages of Diabetic retinopathy and posssible solutions:
Background retinopathy

Background retinopathy is an initial stage of retinal damage when small blood vessels in the retina present signs of harm that can result from diabetes. If background diabetic retinopathy have been diagnosed, our health team will keep monitoring you to spot any progress of retinopathy and will recommend any treatment that may help for bettering.