Diabetes affects over 100 million Indians and continues to rise at a shocking rate. Although its typical complications including kidney damage, neuropathy, and cardiovascular disease are well recognized, its immediate effects on vision rarely cross one’s mind. Diabetic retinopathy, one of the most typical microvascular complications, today is a leading preventable cause of blindness.

As Dr. C Sharat Babu, Chief Medical Director, Maxivision Super Speciality Eye Hospital explains, “Most patients assume that keeping sugar levels in check will save their eyes. What they do not understand is that retinopathy develops insidiously, so by the time there are symptoms, serious damage could already be occurring. Screening once a year is the only protection."

Silent Issues of Diabetes and the Eye

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