Retinal blood vessels can be significantly damaged before any vision changes are noticed.
Vision becomes inconsistently blurry, often varying with blood sugar levels throughout the day.
Bleeding into the vitreous causes dark spots or floaters drifting through your field of vision.
Areas of the retina starved of blood flow result in blank or shadowed patches in vision.
Retinal damage reduces the eye's ability to adapt to low-light conditions.
If you have diabetes and these symptoms sound familiar — or if you haven’t had a dilated eye exam recently — it’s time to act. Annual screening is recommended for all people with diabetes.
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High blood sugar levels damage the tiny blood vessels in the retina over time — causing them to swell, leak, or close off. In advanced cases, abnormal new blood vessels grow on the retina's surface and can bleed into the eye, causing serious vision loss. This is diabetic retinopathy.
The American Diabetes Association recommends that people with type 1 diabetes begin annual screenings 5 years after diagnosis; people with type 2 diabetes should be screened at the time of diagnosis and annually thereafter. At OPTYX, we provide diabetic retinal exams with Optos widefield imaging.
Early-stage diabetic retinopathy can sometimes stabilize or improve with tighter blood sugar and blood pressure control. More advanced stages require treatment — including anti-VEGF injections or laser therapy — which OPTYX can facilitate through specialist referral.
We use Optos ultra-widefield retinal imaging — capturing up to 200° of the retina in a single scan without dilation in most cases. This allows our optometrists to detect diabetic changes at the earliest possible stage, across more of the retina than traditional imaging.
Yes — this is what makes it so dangerous. Diabetic retinopathy can cause significant retinal damage before any changes to vision are noticed. Annual screening is the only reliable way to detect it early, when treatment is most effective and vision loss is most preventable.
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