As of November 14, World Diabetes Day, a campaign called “Look for your Diabetes” will be launched, organized by the General Council of Optics and Optometrists, Semergen, Fede, the Visual Health Foundation, and Retinaplus, which will carry outfree of charge ophthalmological reviews in the establishment attached to it, to all those who have diabetes or believe they can have it.
The objective of the same is to find out if patients have the silent complications they debut with diabetes and have not noticed.The test that will be performed by the Fondrisk test is simple and safe, and will determine the patient's visual state.Thus, you can see if you have drusas, neovosses or other inquiries that have happened without symptoms, and you can also warn the person who does not have diabetes the possibility of developing it in the next decade.In the same way, visual acuity will be assessed as a result of this pathology and if there are changes in the retina.
Diabetic retinopathy is the main cause of non -recoverable blindness in developed countries and debuts without anticipating it in patients with type 2 diabetes.
When the damages are already irreversible, the lost view cannot be returned, therefore, if diabetes is suffered, it is convenient to have an annual control of the vision.
In general, people suffering from diabetes are unaware of the problems derived from it, and 7 out of 10 people ignore what it means to suffer retinopathy.The main problem apart from diabetic retinopathy is diabetic macular edema, which can have really serious consequences for the patient.