Some Basic Facts about Diabetic Retinopathy:

Diabetic Retinopathy is one of the very common causes of decreased vision or loss of vision in Uncontrolled Diabetics.

Diabetes is a microvascular disease which can lead to diabetic retinopathy changes in the eyes which can lead to haemorrhages, macular oedema, tractional detachments and finally severe vision loss in patients if it goes unchecked. But if detected early, vision loss can be prevented.

To Bring Diabetes under control, patients generally rely more on their medicines alone, without making any lifestyle modifications, like maintaining a proper diet and regular exercise, which are rather more important to achieve a good control of Diabetes.

Here are a few tips to help maintain your vision from Diabetes related retinopathy changes. Along with lifestyle changes, it is also mandatory for all Diabetic patients to have a complete eye check-up with a dilated retinal evaluation every 6 months, to detect whether any early retinopathy changes have started.