Diabetes is a very common and increasing metabolic multiorgan disorder which has to be treated in time and promptly in order to prevent its complications. I don’t want to go details about its pathogenesis and other factors but as an ophthalmologist. I want to bring the importance of the ophthalmic evaluation of all diabetic patients.
So, it is a duty of all treating physicians and diabetologists to refer the patients of DM if not 6 monthly but yearly evolution to an ophthalmologist who is supposed to do complete ophthalmic examination not only retinal evolution but visual examination along with refraction and ANT segment assessment. Complicated DM is likely to cause the following complication: Diabetic retinopathy Neuropathy Nephropathy Arthropathy Dermopathy: They are prone to CVS and CNS disorders Diabetic foot and ulcers Dementia Alzheimer’s In presence of nephropathy, the…
