Diabetes mellitus, a disease that prevents your body from making or using insulin to break down sugar in your bloodstream, can affect your eyes and your vision. Fluctuation or blurring of vision, double vision, or floaters within the eyes may be symptoms related to diabetes. The most serious eye problem associated with diabetes is diabetic retinopathy, which, if not controlled, can lead to blindness.

Diabetes-related eye problems can be prevented by monitoring and maintaining control of your diabetes. Follow your physician’s instructions about diet, exercise and medication. Visit Fox Cities Eye Clinic for a thorough eye examination when you are first diagnosed as a diabetic.

Diabetic eye disease is most treatable when detected early before vision has been affected. Therefore, it is very important for all diabetics to have annual eye exams, even if they have good vision. Fox Cities Eye Clinic can provide these eye exams to prevent visual loss from diabetes.

To learn more about how diabetes can affect vision, visit the CONDITIONS page on this website or call our clinic to schedule an appointment.