Eyesight
Complications from diabetes can include problems with eye sight, including diabetic retinopathy, which damages the retina. Maintaining normal A1C and blood pressure levels is important to eye health for people with diabetes.
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The best strategy to save our eyes is to keep our A1C and blood pressure levels as close to normal as possible. But when that strategy doesn't work, we've got to stay ahead of the dangerous changes that can hit us. That's the key message…
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Gretchen Becker, Health Guide, posted Vision and Diabetes One thing many people have heard about diabetes before they are diagnosed is that when you have…
Kelsey Bonilla, Health Guide, posted A Simple Step for Optical Health I didn't realize how timely my recent dilated eye exam was until I read the…
Ann Bartlett, Health Guide, commented on Why Type 1 Diabetics Avoid Complications Hi Pavy! Thanks for adding you thoughts! I have to say that my A1c has…
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