Diabetics and eyesight damage

[wildsweetone]

Does anybody have any knowledge of eyesight damage due to being a diabetic?

I particularly would like to know about 'a detatched retina'.

Please PM me if you prefer.

Thanks

wso

 

[MathGirl]

Does anybody have any knowledge of eyesight damage due to being a diabetic?

I particularly would like to know about 'a detatched retina'.

Dear WS,
To my knowledge, diabetes has nothing to do with a detached retina. DR is a physical tearing away of the retina which results from trauma.

Diabetics have progressive loss of eyesight due to retinal degeneration, not detachment. I think the retinal effects are due to long term effects of poor circulation and oxygenation to the tissue.
Ophthalmologically,
MG

 

[wildsweetone]

MG thanks for explaining that.

Do you know... is it possible for 'massive bleeding in the eye that covers the macular' to heal?

The detatched retina (as far as I can understand) is a distinct high probability if an operation to remove the lens and then the vitreous is undertaken. Is a detached retina a 'fixable' thing?

 

[Colleen Thomas]

A detached retina can be reattached. My father had his reattached after an accident while cutting tree limbs down. If I recall the proceedure was short , he did it out patient I think, but I could be recalling some other eye probelm, he has had a lot.

-Colly

 

[whispering_surrender]

Do you know... is it possible for 'massive bleeding in the eye that covers the macular' to heal?

It depends mainly on the source of the bleeding. Most of the damage is due to scar tissue and its lingering effects. In the case of eye damage, it's never a bad idea to get a second opinion. There can be several ways to treat the same problem, offering differing "risks" involved.

Feel free to PM me if you have more questions, or if I confuzzled you. *grin*

Whisp

 

[MathGirl]

Is a detached retina a 'fixable' thing?

Dear WS,
Yeah. They use a laser now to sort of 'weld' it back where it belongs.
MG
Ps. CThomas: The nipples on the figures in your AV could be a hazard to someone's eyesight. If someone my size turned a corner without looking ........ Owww, right in the eye!

 

[wildsweetone]

Colly, Whisp, and MG, Thanks all of you for your help. It's appreciated more than I can say.



wso

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Dear WS,
Yeah. They use a laser now to sort of 'weld' it back where it belongs.
MG
Ps. CThomas: The nipples on the figures in your AV could be a hazard to someone's eyesight. If someone my size turned a corner without looking ........ Owww, right in the eye!

Sorry MG. I will see about getting reductions for the next one

-Colly

 

[SeaCat]

Eye Damage

Eye damage can and often does occur with Diabetes because of the lack of, or low circulation. (If I recall from my training way too long ago it is called Macular Degeneration.)
As for the detached Retina, they usualy use a laser to fix that now. (My father had this done recently and went through it just fine.) It is usualy an outpatient procedure and is relatively painless.
For the bleeding in the eye, the damage that this can cause is determined by what caused the bleeding, and if it put pressure on the inside of the eye. Get two or three opinions on the treatment for this. (I had to ask a friend of mine who works with an Opthamolgic Surgeon about this.)
Hope this helps.

Cat

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

WSO,

The wife unit is a registered nurse, a diabetic, and has had detached retinas which required several operations.

Diabetes raises the chances of developing a detached retina. It tends to shink small blood vessels. The sugar in the blood degrades these small vessels. This can lead to bleeding inside the eye, detached retinas, and blindness.

The laser surgery works most of the time. But as my wife can attest, it doesn't work all the time. In that case more extensive surgery is required. To the best of my knowledge, all types of eye surgery is now done on an outpatient bases.

Bottom line: Anyone who is diabetic, should get their vision checked on a regular bases. And at the first sign of any change in your vision, haul ass to the nearest opthalmologist.

Fior more info, check the web site of the American Diabetes Association. http://www.diabetes.org/

Rumple Foreskin

 

[wildsweetone]

My brothers, my mother, my father, mother's mum, and father's dad all have Type 2 diabetes. My half sister and her son has diabetes and uses insulin injections.

My brother with the worst eye problems, has Type 2 diabetes with insulin assistance.

I'm the only one in my family who doesn't have it, yet.


SeaCat, thank you for your posting and information. I will pass on to my brother the importance of getting another opinion.

Rumple, thanks for your comments too. I've looked over that site and also found the NZ site and passed them both on to my brother. Thank you.



wso

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

I'm the only one in my family who doesn't have it, yet. WSO

WSO

With that family history, you might as well get on a diabetic diet. Should help keep your pancreas in shape. Besides, that way you can eat with the rest of your family.

Whatever, just be sure to take care of yourself, you hear?

Rumple Foreskin

 

[wildsweetone]

WSO

With that family history, you might as well get on a diabetic diet. Should help keep your pancreas in shape. Besides, that way you can eat with the rest of your family.

Whatever, just be sure to take care of yourself, you hear?

Rumple Foreskin

Thank you Rumple. I'm lucky so far in that I don't have diabetes, nor do my children... I do watch them and have their blood/sugar levels checked at the time of any doctor visits (rare).

I am hoping that the kind of 'diet' I'm on (I watch my starch and sugar intake and try to eat good foods) will avoid the future diabetic diagnosis that's probably coming.

wso - thinking positive.