Diabetes is the leading cause of preventable new onset blindness in working age adults. You can have diabetic eye disease and not know it as it is painless and often has no symptoms until very advanced stages. Deborah K. Schlossman, M.D., of the Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center, explains why an annual eye exam and appropriate care can reduce the risk of blindness and increase your chances of preserving sight.
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Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in adults under the age of 74 in the United States. Historically thought of as an adult disease, diabetes affects children too. Poor diet and a lack of exercise put children at risk. Often optometrists detect it first through routine eye exams. As part of National Diabetes Month, Dr. Kimberly Friedman of the New Jersey Society of Optometric Physicians appears on CN8s Your Morning to remind us of the importance of having regular comprehensive eye exams.
See your optometrists when…
Vision becomes blurry
Have trouble reading
See double images
Feel pressure in your eye
See spots or floaters
Straight lines appear crooked
Peripheral vision becomes limited
Your eyes get red and stay that way
Dr. David Parks often takes frequent visits to Guam from Los Angeles, California at least three to four times a year to assist patients with diabetic eye disease and other retinal illnesses causing the loss of vision.
Dr. Parks is a skilled and trained board certified ophthalmologist who specializes in retinal diseases. He is expected to see just about anyone from premature babies to senior citizens. In fact, he says he’s seeing more and more young people living with diabetes. “One of the things I do see on Guam is that it does appear in people at a younger age.” explained the physician.
Throughout his scheduled visits, Dr. Parks sees more than 200 patients in a one-week period, most of whom need injections and medication. Of those numbers, a majority of them have diabetes. Dr. Parks’ expertise is needed to assist these patients mainly because a diabetic eye could look normal from the outside but may have abnormal vessels, causing bleeding in the retina.
He continued, “When you dilate the pupil and look at the retina, which is the lining of the inside of the eye, you can see some areas of bleeding which represents abnormal blood vessels and sometimes you can see swelling of the retina.” If left untreated it could cause blindness.
One thing Dr. Parks emphasizes is that it’s important to get your eyes checked frequently. “The best and most important advise is to get regular eye examines with your optometrist or your ophthalmologist. If you can catch it early, you can treat it,” he said.
For more information contact the SDA Eye Clinic in Guam at (671)646-8881 or Dr. Parks in Los Angeles at (310) 289-3666, website:www.socalretina.com.
Diabetes is the leading cause of preventable new onset blindness in working age adults. You can have diabetic eye disease and not know it as it is painless and often has no symptoms until very advanced stages. Deborah K. Schlossman, M.D., of the Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center, explains why an annual eye exam and appropriate care can reduce the risk of blindness and increase your chances of preserving sight.
3R Flex is enriched with Hydrolysed COLLAGEN from GELITA together with Vitamins such as Vitamin C,A,B,D3 and Minerals such as Calcium, Magnesium and Zinc. It is for Commons musculoskeletal diseases are ARTHRITIS, OSTEOARTHRITIS, OSTEOPOROSIS,REUMATISM,and GOUT due to normal DAILY WEAR AND TEAR of our JOINTS cause by degeneration of the cartilage. The World Health Organisation has designated the year 2000 – 2010 as the ‘Decade of Bone and Joints’ to hightlight and create the awareness on the seriousness of Bone and Joints diseases to the world government. Further, COLLAGEN is second MOST IMPORTANT protein that required by BONE, JOINT, CARTILAGE, SKIN,BLOOD VESSELS,HAIR, MUSCLE (SINES AND TENDONS), DIGESTIVE TRACTS, and ORGANS.
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Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in adults under the age of 74 in the United States. Historically thought of as an adult disease, diabetes affects children too. Poor diet and a lack of exercise put children at risk. Often optometrists detect it first through routine eye exams. As part of National Diabetes Month, Dr. Kimberly Friedman of the New Jersey Society of Optometric Physicians appears on CN8s Your Morning to remind us of the importance of having regular comprehensive eye exams. 
Dr. David Parks often takes frequent visits to Guam from Los Angeles, California at least three to four times a year to assist patients with diabetic eye disease and other retinal illnesses causing the loss of vision.