Ophthalmologists Against Diabetes
Sight is one of the areas of our senses that can be greatly affected by diabetes when the nerves of the eye tend to wear out easily. With this in mind, ophthalmologists are being asked to join the battle for diabetes so more emphasis on the disease and sight are taken upon with utmost urgency. In the US alone, 6.3 million people have undiagnosed diabetes, maybe more who die without having proper diagnosis and records of such a disease.
Obesity is another problem associated with diabetes for it tends to strain the liver and other organs as they try to cope with the additional strain of too healthy a body. Many of the world’s metabolic diseases have an impact on sight which degenerates prematurely due to side effects of progressing diseases and even drugs that are used to treat them. The aim is to raise awareness with such eye specialists to go on the offensive, focusing on preventive treatment rather than taking a symptomatic approach to the disease and other similar ailments.
April 13 2009 04:43 pm | General and Information