Diabetes affects more than your pancreas—it can also affect your eyes. As such, you need to get your blood sugar under control because it can affect your vision. You could be taking good care of yourself, ensuring your blood sugar is under control. But the longer you have diabetes, the higher the likelihood of getting diabetic eye disease. 

Early Signs of Diabetic Eye Disease

It is hard to spot the signs of diabetic eye disease in the early stages. If you fail to spot any sign, the condition progresses. It causes complications that lead to diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and cataracts. It can also cause diabetic macular edema. However, there are a few things that may help you to spot them. They include the following:

Frequently Changing Vision

You may have some days of clarity and others where you struggle with blurred vision. Determining the cause of the blurry vision may be difficult because it can be due to treatment. However, it is always prudent to get medical attention. It will help you avoid vision loss. It may also signal complications with your condition that the doctor will need to address.

Wavy or Blurred Vision

Once the disease affects the macula, it can cause straight lines to seem wavy. Diabetic eye disease may also cause blurry vision when it affects your eye lens or optic nerve. Be keen to notice these signs. You may ignore them, but you should not. Otherwise, the situation may continue to develop, leaving you to experience vision loss.

Light and Color Fluctuations

Retinal damage can affect the way you see colors and process light. The light and color fluctuations may also be due to the clouding or yellowing of the lens. The changes in the lens may be due to high blood sugar. 
 

This is why you must watch out for these changes and fluctuations. It may mitigate other complications. The light and color fluctuations may also make it difficult to differentiate between colors. Seek medical attention if you notice a problem telling which color is which.

Strings or Floating Spots in Your Vision

Sometimes, high blood sugar can damage your blood vessels, including those in your eyes. To compensate, your eyes will grow new but abnormal blood vessels. As these are weak, they can cause leakage of fluid and blood into the eye. As the blood floats or suspends in your eye, it causes dark spots or strings in your vision. Avoid ignoring these signs when you see them.

Reduced Vision Field

A reduced field of vision may cause you to miss some details in what you are seeing. It can cause difficulties in reading, driving, playing sports, and accomplishing your daily activities. The issue points to a problem with the macula in the retina. 

Seek medical attention before the complications escalate. It will help you avert vision loss. Your doctor will conduct a complete comprehensive exam to diagnose the problem.

For more information on diabetic eye disease, visit Zmyslinski Eye & Contact Lens Center at our office in Scottsdale or Tempe, Arizona. Call (480) 945-9971 or (480) 820-3813 to book an appointment today.