Are there early warning signs of diabetic retinopathy?
There can be, but the big problem with the disease is that it’s often silent until suddenly major vision loss occurs. People might notice that their vision’s getting blurry or a sudden onset of floating spots in their vision. These signs may indicate substantially advanced retinopathy. Is retinopathy ever a first sign of diabetes? Yes, in the population-based studies that have been done, a number of people who had diabetic retinopathy had not realized they had diabetes. How often should people be screened for retinopathy? Some studies have found that only 41 percent of people with diabetes are getting annual eye exams. It’s recommended that everybody with type 2 diabetes, or the adult-onset type of diabetes, be screened annually for diabetic retinopathy and persons with type 1 diabetes should be screened annually, beginning five years after they were diagnosed with diabetes. What does that eye exam involve? Generally, a complete eye exam is done, but the key part of the exam is to exam
