Does high blood sugar affect eyesight?

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• Edward White

  11/28/2012

  Yes, high blood sugar definitely could affect eye sight. Eyes are very vital and delicate. High blood sugar could affect eye sight in many ways. Because high blood sugar will develops to diabetes, which impact eye sight a lot. The high blood sugar impact eyes through impact to the fine network of blood vessels in eyes. It can cause blurred vision, contract and diabetic retinopathy. So it is important to control your diet and blood sugar. Don't ignore it.

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• evelyn

  11/28/2012

  Well, generally speaking, high blood sugar can affect your eyesight. According to some researches, high blood sugar can cause problems in the retina, and this part is collectively called micro vascular abnormalities. And you should know that the small blood vessels develop microaneurysms and leak blood, and then new blood vessel growth can achieve. But on the other hand, when you get high blood sugar, these blood vessels will become weak and leak. What is worse, these leaks can cause irreversible damage to the retina and permanent vision loss. So you should just be more careful about your sugar intake. Also, high blood sugar can lead to blurred vision, double vision, even eye floaters too.

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• Dixie Mentry

  11/29/2012

  Yes, the high blood sugar will affect the eye sight. The high blood sugar is not good for eyes which will have many effects on the eyes. The high blood sugar of the diabetes levels can damage blood vessels in the eyes and can lead to the growth of new blood vessels there. These new blood vessels are not as strong and can leak or burst. Thus, if you have the high blood sugar in the body, you'd better go to see the doctor and accept the treatment as soon as possible. During this time, you should take care of the diet and sleeping quality. In order to improve your eye vision, you could eat more food with vitamin A and C.

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