blurred vision

Yes! Did you test your bloods? Usually high levels do this.

The blurriness can be due to sugar getting into the fluids in the eyes and casuing the eye to bend the light wrongly (different refractive index). If your bg drops the body should be able to clear the sugar out. But you can see how dangerous this stuff is. Take care.

Note to self: I must find some references to this, it seems to be a common issue/question. (I think Blood Sugar 101 was my source)

Yes. it's a common symptom of high blood sugar; typically when the sugar is into the high teens or 20s. Reduce the sugar and the blurring will go assuming it is diabetes related

Here's one quote "High blood sugar causes the lens of the eye to swell, which changes your ability to see. To correct this kind of blurred vision, you need to get your blood sugar back into the target range (80 mg/dL to 140 mg/dL before meals and 100 mg/dL to 160 mg/dL before bedtime snack). It may take as long as three months after your blood sugar is well- controlled for your vision to fully get back to normal."
http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/diabetes-blurred-vision

Another "For example, many people experience blurred vision in the early stages of diabetes. This blurred vision is caused by fluid seeping into the lens of the eye and causing the lens to swell, changing its shape and altering its ability to focus properly. Once diabetes treatment begins and blood glucose is under control, the lens resumes its normal shape and vision improves.

Blurred vision also can occur early in insulin treatment or with fluctuating blood glucose levels. Again, fluids in the body are shifting, and fluid may enter or leave the lens. If you have this condition, be patient. The condition is not permanent and usually lasts only a few days or weeks. As you gain control of your diabetes and blood glucose gets closer to normal, your vision should improve. Therefore, unless you are really having functional difficulty due to poor vision, it is usually recommended that you wait until your blood glucose level settles and your vision stabilizes before getting or changing an eyeglass prescription. "
http://www.joslin.org/info/Diseases_of_the_Eye.html

Temporary blurring
The changes in blood sugar levels resulting from diabetes can affect the lens inside your eye, especially when diabetes is uncontrolled. This can result in blurring of vision which comes and goes across the day. This blurring may be one of the first symptoms of diabetes although it may also occur at any time when your diabetes is not well controlled. Once your diabetes is controlled most people find this variable blurring goes away.
http://www.rnib.org.uk/eye-health-e...understanding-eye-conditions-related-diabetes

btw the above site contains quite a lot of information on how the eye is affected by diabetes including retinopathy etc. There was a recent post somewhere where someone was scared of their retinopathy exam?

I think that might do for now?

ally1 said:

thank you
nosher, i don,t have anything to test my nlood levels

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You should first try your docs and if negative then spend a little money on getting one - there are a few to chose from but check the prices of the test strips as they can vary. Mine is a Aga Matrix Jazz and test strips are £14 per 50

It is really really important to know what your blood glucose is, otherwise you can't control it. (it doesn't hurt that much if you use the lancet (pricker) on the side of your finger tips, near the knuckle.) Ideally you should test at meal, then one hour after food and two hours after. This tells you your peak and if it has returned to "normal"

You can buy one from amazon, but there should be a thread somewhere on here about buying one.
I have had both the high bloods problem when I was diagnosed over 5 years ago and then when I had bad spikes and hypos, it was a symptom of my condition. The first sorted itself out with the help of getting my bloods down through meds and diet and the second being on a strict diet and hospital treatment and new meds. I've got my twenty twenty vision back, but I still need reading glasses.
It was really weird, the longsightedness became short sight and had to change seats at my local footsie team. Couldn't watch the tele as well, which gave me headaches, through eye strain.
It is a way your body is telling you to get your bloods sorted. Hope everything clears up soon.