Diabetic Retinopathy - How To Know If You Have It, And What To Do

Here are some of the key symptoms of diabetic retinopathy:
- Floaters (dark spots or strings floating in your vision)
- Blurred vision
- Fluctuating vision
- Dark or empty areas in your vision
- Vision loss
These are the 2 main causes of diabetic retinopathy:
- Early diabetic retinopathy: new blood vessels don't grow properly
- Advanced diabetic retinopathy: damaged blood vessels close off, causing the growth of new, abnormal blood vessels in the retina
Here are the major risk factors for diabetic retinopathy:
- Having diabetes for a long time
- Poor control of your blood sugar level
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Pregnancy
- Tobacco use
- Being Black, Hispanic or Native American
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