Things You'll Need:
- knowledge
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Step 1
At first there are no visual changes, and you can be diagnosed without any symptoms present, but it can and will worsen as time progresses and the individual gets older. Usually the longer you have diabetes, the better your chances for getting a diabetic eye disease will get. Maintaining a stable blood sugar is the only hope to prolonging when you will end up getting eye damage. Extreme highs and lows will give you more chances for lifelong eye damage.
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Step 2
If you have already been diagnosed with diabetes and you are concerned about getting any of the diabetic eye diseases like diabetic retinopathy, preventive maintenance is the key to successful treatment. You will need to have a dilated eye exam on a regular basis, perhaps even more frequently than the once a year normal eye exam schedule. This early detection can help prevent any vision loss and keep you from going blind. You can reduce your risk of becoming totally blind by up to 95% with good follow up care and treatment.
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Step 3
You will first start see a few "floaters" or specks of blood in the field of vision. These types of eye hemorrhages will tend to happen mostly at night than during the day. They may or may not clear up on their own, but it can cause very blurred vision during the times that they occur. During the eye test you will need to have a visual acuity test that will measure how well you are able to see at each distance. Also, a dilated eye exam will check for signs of retina and optic nerve damage. A tonometry exam will measure the eye pressure and will need to be done too.
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Step 4
You will first start see a few "floaters" or specks of blood in the field of vision. These types of eye hemorrhages will tend to happen mostly at night than during the day. They may or may not clear up on their own, but it can cause very blurred vision during the times that they occur. During the eye test you will need to have a visual acuity test that will measure how well you are able to see at each distance. Also, a dilated eye exam will check for signs of retina and optic nerve damage. A tonometry exam will measure the eye pressure and will need to be done too.
