With the title "A Walk through the Retina" the Association of People with Diabetes de Valdepeñas (Giddle) organizes this weekend a new activity that aims to sensitize about the problems that can trigger the bad control of the disease at the ocular level.
It will be this October 18 at 8:00 p.m. at the "La Confidence" Cultural Center of Valdepeñas, where a talk about an eye involvement as a result of the inadequate long -term diabetes control is celebrated.
On this occasion he will be taught by Dr. Fernando Gómez Ruiz, family doctor at the Health Center of Bargas (Toledo) and member of the Diabetes Group of the Spanish Society of General and Family Physicians (SEMG)
Diabetic retinopathy, name with which it is called the affectation of the commented eye, is caused by the destruction of the blood vessels of the retina, which is responsible for transforming the light that enters the eye into nerve impulses to transfer them to the brain.
The percentage of population with affected diabetes can reach 40%, calling non -proliferative retinopathy and proliferative retinopathy based on the advanced disease and the number and severity of the injuries found when exploring the retina.
Falls, glaucoma, macula edema and even retinal detachThe total number of people with diabetes.
Diabetic retinopathy does not give clear symptoms until it is very advanced, it is therefore the good control of diabetes the best way to prevent the appearance of it.Among the most frequent symptoms are the progressive loss of vision, poor night vision and blurred vision and in severe cases vision of "flies", shadows, or losses of areas of vision within the visual field of an eye.