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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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This past Saturday I went to the eye doctor with my husband. He had made the appointment a long time ago and asked if I wanted to go with him so I said sure. I have not been to the eye doc in about two years. (Yes, shame on me) It was not my regular doctor but, I never had problems before so I really wasn't worried. My husband and I…
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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…
Kerri Sparling, Health Guide, posted Diabetes and Eye Problems During… So now, in the seventh month of my first pregnancy, it seems as though the…
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