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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Bonkers" data-source="post: 226906" data-attributes="member: 19121"><p>Hi pab99c and welcome to the forum.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It is extremely unlikely that insulin has fixed your eye sight, its also not stickily true that high blood glucose causes blurred vision it is true however that a fast reduction in blood glucose (bg) levels due to starting insulin will cause the blurring you describe, I witnessed it myself when I first started insulin treatment and my bg levels plummeted from their previous high levels.</p><p></p><p>I actually had to wear +1.50 reading glasses to see well enough to drive, it lasted for about 4 to 6 weeks if I remember correctly and I was advised not to have my eyes tested for 2 months to give the pressure in my eyes time to stabilise or any glasses I bought would be wrong when my eyesight stabilised.</p><p></p><p>Speak with your diabetes team about this and I'm sure they will be able to offer advice, also in future always mention your diabetes to your optician as it is important he/she knows about your condition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Bonkers, post: 226906, member: 19121"] Hi pab99c and welcome to the forum. It is extremely unlikely that insulin has fixed your eye sight, its also not stickily true that high blood glucose causes blurred vision it is true however that a fast reduction in blood glucose (bg) levels due to starting insulin will cause the blurring you describe, I witnessed it myself when I first started insulin treatment and my bg levels plummeted from their previous high levels. I actually had to wear +1.50 reading glasses to see well enough to drive, it lasted for about 4 to 6 weeks if I remember correctly and I was advised not to have my eyes tested for 2 months to give the pressure in my eyes time to stabilise or any glasses I bought would be wrong when my eyesight stabilised. Speak with your diabetes team about this and I'm sure they will be able to offer advice, also in future always mention your diabetes to your optician as it is important he/she knows about your condition. [/QUOTE]
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