Diabetic Retinopathy Treatment Care

Question by A.J: Is it possible to get Diabetic retinopathy at the age of 16-18 and go blind?

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Answer by Patrick S
HIGHLY unlikely. It’s typically happens in cases where patients have had the disease 15+ years and have recieved little to no treatment for the Diabetes.

Other posters have suggested that the liklihood is much greater if you do not monitor or attempt to control the Diabetes. Yes, it’s possible, but again, unlikely considering the amount of danger and serious side effects associated with allowing retinopathy to occur at the rate the question suggests (a 16-18 year old).

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Im just wondering what are your chances of going blind from diabetes im worried about it.
It runs big in my family and my friend said she will test my blood tomorrow to see if i have diabetes also im wondering if she test my blood on here meter will she be able to tell me if i have it or not?

If I’m a nurse and I work in the paediatric department, what methods should I us to teach diabetes (hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia) to a child that was born blind?