How Often Should A Diabetic Patient See Ophthalmologist

The incidence of diabetes mellitus is increasing a lot these days. There are a lot of contributory factors for it besides genetic, various other factors in the form of strict diet sanatory life lack of exercise obesity intake of high caloric diet are all contributory factors diabetes.

If not, treated controlled properly both from drugs and diet point of view can lead to a lot of complications besides other complications ophthalmic complication is one of the most important an uncontrolled long-standing diabetic can become blind If the proper periodic ophthalmic examination is not done that is if not 6 monthly but a yearly ophthalmic examination should be done the complications of an uncontrolled long-standing diabetes Mellitus are as follows Diabetic retinopathy Neuropathy Nephropathy Arthropathy Dermopathy CNS involvement CVS Dementia Alzheimer’s diabetic foot diabetic ulcers In…