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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 1567947" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>Although blurred vision can be a temporary problem due to raised blood glucose affecting the lens of the eye, it can also be due to diabetic macular oedema (DMO) or clinically significant macular oedema (CSMO). These changes are normally picked up during eye screening before symptoms develop - changes called diabetic maculopathy can be seen on the eye screening images and the patient is then referred to ophthalmology for further tests to see if the patient has macular oedema which needs treatment. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes macular oedema develops between screenings, in which case the person should have an eye test as soon as possible and not wait for the next screening. The optician should be able to tell the difference between blurriness due to high blood glucose (or other, non-diabetic reasons) and blurriness due to macular oedema. If they suspect macular oedema, they can ask the GP to make an ophthalmology referral. Treatments for macular oedema are discussed here:- <a href="http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/diabetic-macular-oedema.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/diabetic-macular-oedema.pdf</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 1567947, member: 52527"] Although blurred vision can be a temporary problem due to raised blood glucose affecting the lens of the eye, it can also be due to diabetic macular oedema (DMO) or clinically significant macular oedema (CSMO). These changes are normally picked up during eye screening before symptoms develop - changes called diabetic maculopathy can be seen on the eye screening images and the patient is then referred to ophthalmology for further tests to see if the patient has macular oedema which needs treatment. Sometimes macular oedema develops between screenings, in which case the person should have an eye test as soon as possible and not wait for the next screening. The optician should be able to tell the difference between blurriness due to high blood glucose (or other, non-diabetic reasons) and blurriness due to macular oedema. If they suspect macular oedema, they can ask the GP to make an ophthalmology referral. Treatments for macular oedema are discussed here:- [URL]http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/diabetic-macular-oedema.pdf[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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