This November, we are bringing awareness to National Diabetic Eye Disease Month. Diabetes affects 380 million people worldwide and is a leading cause of kidney failure, amputations, heart failure, stroke, and most pertinent, blindness. Defined by the inability of the body to produce or process insulin correctly, resulting in higher than normal blood sugar1, diabetes has three classifications:
- Type 1: The pancreas does not produce insulin.
- Type 2: The body doesn’t process insulin correctly.
- Gestational: A pregnant woman’s body does not produce insulin or use the insulin it needs correctly. It can occur in women who have never had diabetes and typically goes away after the baby is born.
If you have any type of diabetes, you may be at risk of developing diabetic eye disease.
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