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Hi. My mother is diabetic ,and her blood sugar level is mostly high. Her vision is getting poor. What can be done as to maintain both her blood sugar level and healthy eyesight?
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Hello Lybrate user High blood sugars can cause retinopathy and early cataracts. We need to aggresively control her blood sugars to prevent loss of vision. As her sugars are high, better to start her on insulin. Consult your physician and get insulin initiated. Take care.
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No way except controlling blood sugar either with medicine or insulin otherwise you are going to cataract & diabetic retinopathy in eye ,kidney involvement leading to kidney failure & cardiac problem.Now you have to take decision.
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