Diabetes causes an excessive amount of glucose to remain in the
blood stream which may cause damage to the blood vessels. Within
the eye the damaged vessels may leak blood and fluid into the
surrounding tissues and cause vision problems.
Review Date: 05/20/2009
Reviewed By: Deborah Wexler, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School, Endocrinologist, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M.,
Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
