It is said that diabetes is not terrible, and what is terrible is that it can cause various complications.
It is like a primer, although its own harm is not strong, but it is very easy to induce various complications, thus posing a serious threat to our physical health and life safety.
Among these complications, diabetic eye disease is a very representative one.
Why does diabetes at the good end cause eye diseases?
If the human blood sugar is too high, it will cause tissue cells to suffer from long-term soaking, which will cause blood vessels, microvascular inflammation, damage to tissues, etc., resulting in irreversible serious consequences.
Compared with other blood vessels, the blood vessels in the eye are thinner, more fragile, and more susceptible to the effects of high blood sugar, while diabetic eye disease can lead to retinopathy in patients, which in turn induces cataracts, glaucoma and other diseases.
According to the data, more than 100 million people in China are currently diabetics, and about 12 million of these diabetics are blind due to high blood sugar.
In the face of sugar mesh disease, how should we prevent it?
1. Control your blood sugar
For all diabetes complications, the first thing to do is control blood sugar.
Only by controlling the blood glucose level within the normal range can the occurrence of eye diseases be effectively avoided. Diabetics need to choose their own treatment according to the actual situation and continue to adhere to it.
Do not feel that your blood sugar value can sit back and relax, whether it is to reduce the amount of medication or stop taking medication, you need to be guided by a doctor, do not make your own decision.
2. Control blood pressure
For diabetics, if you want to effectively prevent the occurrence of diabetic eye disease, you also need to regularly monitor your blood pressure level.
When the blood pressure value is relatively high, appropriate methods should be taken to reduce blood pressure. Hypertension is also very easy to cause retinal lesions, which in turn increases the incidence of diabetic eye disease.
Especially for patients with diabetes combined with hypertension, do not feel that it is okay to have a higher blood pressure, because fluctuations in blood pressure values will cause serious damage to their own eye nerves, which will induce the occurrence of diabetic eye disease.
3. Pay attention to eye hygiene
Usually do a good job of eye protection, such as trying to avoid reading books in strong or low light, do not look at mobile phones during the movement of vehicles, and also try to reduce the frequency of using electronic products.
After using the eyes for a period of time, learn to rest and do eye health exercises regularly so that the eyes can be better maintained.
4. Eat some foods that are helpful for eye health
Anthocyanins and vitamin C strengthen the function of the optic nerve, which in turn improves our vision.
For example, in blueberries, cherries and dark green vegetables, these substances are very rich, so it is recommended that you eat them regularly.
5. Conduct regular eye examinations
Diabetics must do a good job of regular examinations, and do not neglect the eye examination during the physical examination.
Even if you don't feel uncomfortable in front of your eyes, you need to check your eye health regularly.
When we find symptoms, the problem may be more serious. Therefore, we can find problems in time through eye examination, so as to treat them as soon as possible and avoid serious damage to our vision.
Diabetic cataracts, sugar friends also need to pay attention
For some elderly people with diabetes, they themselves have senile cataracts, and then add some diabetic factors, which will lead to an acceleration of cataract incidence.
Once a cataract appears, no matter what the cause, it needs to be treated in time by lens replacement surgery.
Especially for diabetic patients, surgery needs to be performed as soon as possible, so as not to cause the crystals to be too cloudy and affect the examination of the fundus.
Compared with other ordinary people, sugar friends also need to pay attention to the fact that surgery is prone to bleeding and postoperative infection.
Therefore, it is important to control blood glucose before surgery so as not to remove the lesions of infection throughout the body as much as possible.
All in all, for sugar friends, it is necessary to have regular eye examinations.
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