98 Per Cent of Diabetes Related Blindness is Preventable

Wed, 19 Oct 2011
A serious diabetes related complication is blindness . Should diabetes be neglected it can lead to loss of vision.

However, there is something that diabetics and their relatives can do.

Should it be attended to in good time, 98 per cent of all blindness due to diabetes can be treated.

Prof. Hugh Taylor, Melbourne Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne and Chair of Indigenous Eye Health, states that it is possible to prevent diabetes related blindness with timely laser treatment,.

It is vital that frequent eye examinations are a key part of the healthcare of diabetics and that this fully integral within the health system.

Prof. Mala Rao, Professor of International Health, University of East London, states that excellent accessible primary care is the way to maintain good eye health and reduce disability.

Non-communicable diseases have a immense social and economic effects; these include, diabetes related macular degeneration.

285 million people are vision impaired across the world; 40 million of them are blind. There would also appear to be a direct link between blindness and mortality.

The World Health Organisation, predicts that deaths due to NCDs are going to increase by 17 per cent over the next ten years.

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