PROTECTING YOUR PEEPERS

nflammation and high blood sugar can also affect your eyes. ‘High blood sugar levels cause the small retinal blood vessels in the eye to become leaky, which leads to reduced perfusion of the retina,’). ‘Areas of reduced perfusion lack oxygen and nutrients, which stimulates the growth of new vessels, called neo-vascularisation. While this sounds like a good thing, it’s not as these vessels are fragile and prone to bleeding, which is one of the causes of reduced vision in diabetics.’