Diabetes can cause many eye diseases, including diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, cataracts, and glaucoma.
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Is Diabetic Retinopathy the Same as Macular Degeneration?
During your eye exam, your optometrist tests your vision and looks at the eye’s structures for signs of eye diseases. Among the most common are diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. While both these conditions can affect your central vision, diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration are 2 distinct conditions that cause different types of damage to […]