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brettsza

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Hi

I am just a bit concerned today. I just saw my left eye is quite red and the veins I can see are red probably with blood. I am having sore itchy eyes since few days and they were a little dry too. I was having to concentrate a little bit more and hence I was feeling tiredness in the eyes as if I have kept them open for too long. I asked the dn about it she said since ur BG is now coming down the body is just getting used to it. I asked her that I was asked by gp to go for an eye test but I did not get anything to come. Then when I had another appointment I told the doc there too and he just said I will chase it up and wrote it down on a piece of paper, I insisted him to write this on records but he said its fine it's the same thing and he will chase it up. So in about little more than a month when I asked the doc to have my eye screening done I told two more people and I am still no where.
Should I be concerned with this.
I think my number on the glasses have changed definitely but I have not yet got a new glass as I was just diagnosed 2 months ago and with sugar coming to normal level I thought I will do it in a few months but after seeing my eye today I am a bit concerned.
Anyone can suggest anything on this please.
 
For the first few months (well about 6) I changed my prescription twice. I also had sore and itchy (and red) eyes when my BG levels were high. I still get the dryness when I have slightly elevated levels (~9mmol/l) for any period of time. One of my first signs of being too high. Normally only happens when I push it.
 
it could still be down to your changed levels - what i was trying to say initially was it takes a while to settle down. Your eyes change your glasses change and so you strain them. I am in that state again (10 months later) and holding out for 2 months for the yearly appt. Then it will be new glasses.
 
My eyesight went from long to shortsighted then back, then to just blurred vision mostly at night. It's your blood vessels in your eyes enlarging and contracting. It's fluctuating blood glucose levels that does it! There is no need to panic. Like a lot of things in diabetes, it's a long drawn out thing that only control will remedy.
 
I had all these problems other than the bloodshot bit even when my bg was good. months later I don't have them any more.
 
Andrew Colvin said:
it could still be down to your changed levels - what i was trying to say initially was it takes a while to settle down. Your eyes change your glasses change and so you strain them. I am in that state again (10 months later) and holding out for 2 months for the yearly appt. Then it will be new glasses.
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Andrew, the first link in your signature seems to be broken.
 
I know we all tend expect everything to be related to our diabetes, but could it be conjunctivitis? Or similar?

If so, it's important that you get it treated before you spread the infection to family or colleagues.
 
Hi all
Thanks a lot for the replies its much better today
We just start relating everything to diabetes
 
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