Suara.com – Impact diabetes it was even more terrifying than people thought. In addition to wounds that don’t heal, diabetes can also cause blindness, especially in people with diabetes mellitus (DM).
The risk of eye problems to blindness due to diabetes that is rarely known to people is called diabetic retinopathy, and it is the 3 largest diabetes complications and the fifth largest cause of blindness in the world.
“More than 60 percent of DM patients have vision impairment caused by various disorders such as cataracts, refractive errors, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and others, “said dr. Yeni D Lestari, SpM (K), at the launch of the Fight Against Blindness from Diabetes campaign by the Indonesian Ophthalmologist Association (PERDAMI). , Friday (11/12/2020).
Sadly, according to the facts obtained by dr. Yeni, because they have not felt any complaints, many patients do not have their eyes checked, or many do not have time to do so because they have to seek treatment to handle other DM complications.
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“In fact, visual impairment and blindness will reduce the patient’s quality of life and become a burden on the family,” explained dr. Yeni.
“Eye examinations in DM patients are very important to prevent blindness and should be part of routine services provided by health facilities, especially in primary health facilities,” he continued.
It is important to know, DM is a chronic metabolic disorder caused by the pancreas not producing enough insulin or the body cannot use the insulin it produces effectively.
While insulin is a hormone that regulates the balance of blood sugar levels.
Then, there is diabetic retinopathy, which is a condition when high blood levels damage the blood vessels in the retina of the eye. As a result, the blood vessels will leak, causing bleeding spots to appear on the retina. This causes blurred vision to blind.
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