If you got eye surgery, but got diabetes later when you got older, would it affect your vision?
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Diabetes will only affect your vision if you let your sugar levels run high, as long as they stay regular/low your eyes should stay fine.
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I get that sometimes too. I have hypoglycemia. I also take a medicine for depresseion called Welbutrin which I have taken for 4 years now. Also I have reached the ripe age of 41!  I think all these things combined is what causes my spots, blurryness and shadows. I was told by my eye doc that the floating spots that move are age spots that most people get with age (over 40). They are protien fillers that build up. The sugar imbalance cause the color spots. Eating more protien in my diet and less fats/carbs helps me.
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no, as  it has been said, vitamin c is water  soluble and the body flushes out  unabsorbed vitamin  c. diabetes can't really be cured, it can be controlled. taking ENOUGH vitamin c in by diet  or supplement might be a good idea especially for diabetics because of the vision problems diabetics tend to face. your mom was right about eating carrots for your eyes, it's not a save  all, but has been shown to help
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Even if her blood-sugar is reasonably well controlled, she can still die from complications or be left permanently blind or otherwise disabled. One of my friends lost his sister to a diabetic pregnancy, and she was a very good diabetic.
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It s an eye disease that causes blindness and can be brought on from a series of different diseases., like diabetes.
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Globally the most common cause of blindness (and by a significant margin) is loss of transparancy in the lens/cornea.  In the former case this is a cataract, and there are many infectious and other causes of the latter.  In these cases the retina is often undamaged and sight can be restored with a relatively simple operation.\n\nIn the western world, macular degeneration related to diabetes is probably no 1.\n\nIf your retina was torn it has likely been 'welded' back onto the back of your eye where it should be by laser.  This usually leads to some loss of visual field in the area which has been lasered, as the retina is effectively burnt there and does not recover.  There is no reason to think that this will get any worse than it is now, however.\n\nWe are some way from bionic eyes at the moment.
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#1 if  by (rate which your vision changes???)  you mean ACCOMODATION  then possibly , yes.\naccomodation is a group of changes to the geometry of the eye that is brought about by changing a little the focus of the lens(the one inside your eye) by altering its shape and thickness at the middle through contraction of muscles at its periphery called ciliary muscle,  also  change in the calibre of the pupillary opening. these changes happen to accomodate  when looking at  objects  close to the eye (near vision) .if they cannot happen for any reason then you need glasses to read for example.\n\nit is possible to imagine that a hard lens by its proximity to these structures and resulting from its inflexibility  it might interfere with accomodation process.\n\n\n#2  if  you mean  the rate of degeneration  of vision with age  then i dont know/doubt it.
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no man this doc is not right.i ve been gymmin since 3 yrs n i m myopic since 7 or 8 yrs.but nothin happened to my retina due to weight trainin.so go ahead gymmin up is very good.
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That is known as arcus senilis and is extremely common in those of us over 40, but more pronounced in people with diabetes.  It is harmless, but you may want a checkup to reassure you and make sure you have no underlying diseases.
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I dont know that doc, but I had laser surgery last Sept. Best investment thus far. You are in and out in no more than 20 min, it doesn't hurt at all. What did bother me were the instruments used to pop my eyeball out. don't get scared it didn't hurt but it was a little intense. Other than that, they guaranteed 20/20 for life. They did say I might need reading glasses around my 40's just like anyone. Good luck, u will be sooo happy!
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I used to wear glasses, but I got laser eye surgery and now I've got 20/20 vision.  \nThere are some down sides to laser surgery, so I would definately suggest looking into it before getting it done.  \nI had dry-eyes for about a year and a half after the surgery.  I also had trouble driving at night because my eyes would over-dilate when oncoming cars passed (due to their headlights).  \nThe surgery itself was terrifying, and it freaked me out.  I would never go through it again.  They suction your cornea, cut around the suction cup, flap it back, tell you to look at a red spot and not to move your eye (or it will screw it up), and then flap the cornea back over.  It's painless but it really freaks you out (and I took some valium beforehand).  \nAfterward, you learn that a hard blow to eye could rip your cornea off and blind you for life.  \nThere are lots of considerations that people need to know before going into the surgery.\nHowever, I have been happy with the results (especially after my dry-eyes and night-vision problems went away).\nI had to get glasses when I was in the second grade, and wore them for eighteen years.  I was near-sighted and if my glasses fell on the floor then I couldn't see them (I had to feel around until I found them).\nI am female.  27 (wore glasses until 25). Caucasian. Used to be a full time wearer of glasses.
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I think your asking if he needs to see his primary care Doctor before July?  Hopefully an ophthalmologist diagnosed him with the cataracts and glaucoma.  If not, I agree that he needs to see one asap.  If his regular appointment with your family Doctor is in July it would probably be safe to wait until then.  If he has diabetes he should his primary care Doctor sooner.  Just an opinion.  Don't forgot-you get what you pay for :-).
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hi,\n\n     Diabetes is a kind of disorder that can affect multisystems. something dark that blocks vision is described in medical language as SCOTOMA, which means dark spot where the retina will now perceive light. When bend, as the gravity causes pooling of blood in the head(and also eyes), she sees blood.\nBut any way, get an ophthalmic check up done, and monitor her blood sugar levels carefully.\nALL THE BEST.
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I have worked with Opthalmologists and I can give you the low down.\n  As a general rule we all will get cataracts at one point in our lives,it's a normal aging process where the lens in our eyes gets dense making it harder for us to focus.\n  Most Dr's know that though it is a slim chance that infection will occur,they do not like to mess with the cataract until it has almost made the vision in that particular eye almost non-exsistent.\n  The theory to that is if your vision is almost gone in that eye because of the severity of the cataract,if infection should occur after surgery you haven't lost anything though the benefits far exceed the risk.\n  There is no guarantee as to whether you will need glasses or not.  Alot of it depends on how healthy your retina is and how sucessful your surgery is.\n  I have seen alot of patients who glasses prescription was lessened after surgery and in the same respect I have seen them be able to throw their glasses away and get by with only readers.(Still need the silly things for reading and doing up close work)\n  Sometimes after cataract surgery is performed. . .a very simple operation now a days,a membrane behind the cataract that separates the front of the eye from the back of the eye\nthat was left as a precaution to keep any infections in the front part of the eye from spreading to the back of the eye where the retina and optic nerve could be affected might become clouded. . .a kind of scar tissue. \n   It will cause some cloudiness similar to the cloudiness once noticed prior to the cataract surgery. \n   The cloudiness will generally be noticed with a few weeks/months after the cataract surgery.\n   When chance of infection is no longer present,the doctor can put a few shots of laser on that membrane to open it and eyesight should improve.\n    The laser procedure is PAINLESS and only takes a few seconds.\n    Hardly ever will a doctor do both eyes at the same time.\n    Theory on that is that doing both eyes at one time does really hinder the patient anyway not to mention that if one eye gets infected,as a general rule,the other eye will follow right behind the first eye and this is a risk that few doctors want to see their patients take.\n    If you have cataracts and are considering having them removed,I highly recommend that if your doctor gives you the go ahead. . .Do it.  You will not regret it.\n    I promise you it is as most all of our patients told us the day after surgery. . .That wasn't as bad as I had it figured it would be.
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There isn't anything that will keep you from becoming nearsighted.  It is all about the way the light reaches the retina.  Contacts work well, because the bend the cornea directly.  I have been nearsighted all my life.  It has progressively gotten worse with age.  I have worn contacts and glasses, but prefer glasses as contacts do not fit my lifestyle.  \nI am not so sure about Lasik surgery.  I have heard bad things about your eyes going back to the way they were or worse.  Not something I would look into doing.  But there isn't any food or exercises that will change the shape of your cornea, thus change the way you see.  Sorry!
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its safe and easy. if it fails, it can be redone with no problems.  do it when you are 25 years of age or older to insure that your vision wont worsen and is stable.
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From personal experience, as long as you manage your diabetes, NO!