Here’s Why People With Diabetes Shouldn’t Skip Eye Appointments
By Susanne Medeiros for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. If you develop proliferative diabetic retinopathy, a blinding eye disease caused by diabetes, ophthalmologists have two treatment options: Lasers or needles. Proliferative diabetic retinopathy happens when abnormal new blood vessels grow inside the eye, potentially leading to bleeding or retinal detachment, which can cause vision loss. …