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Vision problems, normal eye test?

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Husband has had vision problems lately (BS are all over the place), GP told him to get his eyes tested which he did and the optician said his eyes were fine.

So, if his eyes are fine but his vision is still bad, what does that mean? I guess we both expected his eye test to confirm the problem.
 
Hi there
When bs are all over the place this causes your eyes to not work properly, can cause blured vision!
Focusing problems and sight problems, once blood sugars calm down your husband should find that his eyesight returns to normal how it used to be1
 
Thanks Sandy, you confirmed what I thought but surely the optician should have been able to see something in his eyes to confirm his vision has been affected? Or could he just have had good BS for a short time before having the examination and so his vision was better than it might have been on another occassion?

GP totally dismissed him having an issue with his BS, saying that his Hba1c was 6.1% so perfect. That was taken in December. I tried to argue it was a snapshot of control, that equal highs and lows could make it appear better than it really is but she shot me down and basically blew our concerns off. Despite hubby regularly getting readings between 8-13.
 
Hi
first i think you need a second gp to see what they have to say! I have not been confirmed as diabettic yet, got to go through that on monday! lucky me!
My gp was very helpful well the new one i have the old one dismissed that i had a problem!
Even if your husbands blood sugar controls were great then at the eyetest would of shown up any problems, it is good that his eyes are fine, i find once my own blood sugar's going above 12 then my eyesight gets blurred and out of focus!
i do have a problem with my eyes but i do notice when the blood sugar's are too high! I have been told by a specialist for my eyes that my eyes are notrelated to high blood sugar! he also informed me that by my blood sugars being uneven then this would cause blurred vision!
My mum is a type 1 diabettic she has been bless her since she was young, she is now 75, she has lost most of her sight due to glaucoma and catracts, my mothers ones are unreleated to her condition!
if i was you i would get him along to another gp and ask questions, Does your husband see a specialist for his diabetties? if so then you could bring this up with them!
some gp's dont have the basic understanding of how diabetties work as all they know on the subject is what they have read in a book! That is really nothing!
Techincally your husband is due a new Hba1c as these can be done every three months!
yes if tthere was a problem with his eyes it would of been picked up at the eyetest! It is good that his eyes are okay!
 
If HbA1c is good but you are getting high readings throughout the day I would be more inclined to think that hubby's diet has too many Carbohydrates causing Bg readings to rise.
Try reducing the intake of carbs and see what readings you get about two hours after food.

Ken
 
Good luck for Monday, sandy! Hope you get some answers.

Cugila - yes, he does have a problem with towing the diabetic line I'm afraid. And he loves his carbs. :evil: I am sure his spikes are because of that but without witholding carb foods, I can't do much for him. There must be some way diabetics can get their sugars down without having to low carb? Especially as the medical 'experts' encourage a high carb diet and still want blood sugars kept under control. I'm just of the mindset if I can't get him to do what he needs to do, we need to somehow get his levels under control and minimise damage from the highs.

*I* know and recognise the importance of low carbing for diabetics but he's 44 and just can't be bothered - our lives are very hectic, we're lucky if we eat one 'proper' meal a day, let alone one that is low carb based I'm afraid.
 
I think you may just get beaten around the head with all sorts of diet advice very shortly. :lol:

I only know what works for me. lo-carb,low fat, low GI and low salt.

I eat very healthily and have a great choice of foods.

I followed the 'healthy living' diet when I was 49. By the time I was 56 I was a wreck. Triple Bypass Heart op in 2004 and was still advised to follow 'healthy diet'. I am lucky I found this forum and have managed to turn my life and Diabetes around using the above methods.

It isn't for everybody. You have to chose your own route. You have to make life changes if you want a life. We have all been in denial - it's part of the process.

Ken
 
There must be some way diabetics can get their sugars down without having to low carb? Especially as the medical 'experts' encourage a high carb diet and still want blood sugars kept under control
Yes there are
It's called high dosage medication.
If your husband WON'T keep BGs down with diet, He could ask to go on insulin. that will cope if used in multiple daily doses.
I leads to a risk of hypos, but is far safer than high BGs.
 
I went to the doc in a panic because I thought I was going blind - steroids had finally pushed me over into T2 diabetes. My point is, when I went into his office, my husband had to lead me to make sure I went in the right number office (number 3" high on door!!) and I couldn't even read the second line on the eye chart. The doc held a glorified teastrainer in front of one eye while I covered the other and hey! presto! normal vision. So my actual eyesight is A1 but rocketing blood sugar made me blind as a bat.
 
It could be due to fluctuating levels, it could also be because of improved control.
High blood glucose levels cause a lowering of fluid levels in the eye,(water lost through osmosis). This changes the shape of the lens and causes vision change.
Sometimes, in someone who has had diabetes for some time before diagnosis, the change has been gradual and goes unoticed. If when the diabetes is diagnosed it is brought under control fairly quickly the rapid change in lens shape causes blurriness as sight returns to what it should have been.


http://www.diabetesnet.com/diabetes_complications/diabetes_eye_changes.php
 
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