7 Common Yet Overlooked Symptoms Of Diabetes
Blurred Vision Or Even Vision Loss
The rising blood glucose causes the lens to pull in water from the body and swell. This change in lens shape affects the eye’s ability to focus. This can be reversed with diabetes medicines.
But as the blood vessels in the retina become weak and thin after years of hyperglycemia and bulge out in pouches called micro-aneurysms, they release a fatty protein called exudate. When the exudate leaks into the center of the retina, vision damage is permanent.