Many with diabetes unaware of vision loss

In nationwide surveys of adults with diabetic macular edema - a condition that can ultimately lead to blindness - just 45 percent of respondents said they had been informed by their doctor that diabetes had affected their eyes. Nearly 30 percent already had vision loss in the affected eye. It's important to catch the signs of diabetic macular edema (DME) early because it can be treated, Dr. Neil M. Bressler said. Diabetes commonly causes DME, which is a thickening of the eye's retina.



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