Diabetic Retinopathy Treatment Care

Question by Jacey: What are the consequences to people with diabetes who make poor food choices?
I’m doing a research project on the food that people with diabetes can eat. The project is a grant proposal, and I need to find out what the consequences are for people with diabetes who make poor food choices are. Do they get sick, can they die, does their blood sugar spike up? Any help would be appreciated. =]

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Answer by Noccie
Do your research and write you paper! You shouldn’t ask people to do your work for you! How will you learn?

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Question by Anonymouseezz: What is insulin and how does it help people with diabetes?
Basically as simply as possible, what is it, and how does it help people with diabetes?

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Answer by Shurephyre
Insulin is a chemical in the body that counters sugar (from what you eat / drink) to keep your blood sugar at a moderate level. People with diabetes do not make (or make very little) insulin, therefore, they must get it from another source (either taken from an animal or chemically synthesized).

Too high or too low of blood sugar is bad and can be lethal. This is why insulin is VERY important.

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Question by Lia-Zah (??-?): Are eye floaters normal for people who aren’t old?
“Eye floaters are those tiny spots, specks, flecks and “cobwebs” that drift aimlessly around in your field of vision. While annoying, ordinary eye floaters and spots are very common and usually aren’t cause for alarm.”
“Risk factors
By Mayo Clinic staff
Risk factors for eye floaters include:
* Age over 50
* Nearsightedness
* Eye trauma
* Complications from cataract surgery
* Diabetic retinopathy
* Inflammation in the eye”

I’m nearsighted and 17. I didn’t know that those weird dots and stuff had a name! But I’ve had them for a while. Like since I was young..er. Is that normal? I can even see them now (I tried to see if I could find one) I guess I just ignore them, but they don’t interfere with my vision.

Can glaucoma have anything to do with this? Or is that completely unrelated?
edit/@ foot: ah ok.

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Question by Lia-Zah (??-?): Are eye floaters normal for people who aren’t old?
“Eye floaters are those tiny spots, specks, flecks and “cobwebs” that drift aimlessly around in your field of vision. While annoying, ordinary eye floaters and spots are very common and usually aren’t cause for alarm.”
“Risk factors
By Mayo Clinic staff
Risk factors for eye floaters include:
* Age over 50
* Nearsightedness
* Eye trauma
* Complications from cataract surgery
* Diabetic retinopathy
* Inflammation in the eye”

I’m nearsighted and 17. I didn’t know that those weird dots and stuff had a name! But I’ve had them for a while. Like since I was young..er. Is that normal? I can even see them now (I tried to see if I could find one) I guess I just ignore them, but they don’t interfere with my vision.

Can glaucoma have anything to do with this? Or is that completely unrelated?
edit/@ foot: ah ok.

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Question by Lia-Zah (??-?): Are eye floaters normal for people who aren’t old?
“Eye floaters are those tiny spots, specks, flecks and “cobwebs” that drift aimlessly around in your field of vision. While annoying, ordinary eye floaters and spots are very common and usually aren’t cause for alarm.”
“Risk factors
By Mayo Clinic staff
Risk factors for eye floaters include:
* Age over 50
* Nearsightedness
* Eye trauma
* Complications from cataract surgery
* Diabetic retinopathy
* Inflammation in the eye”

I’m nearsighted and 17. I didn’t know that those weird dots and stuff had a name! But I’ve had them for a while. Like since I was young..er. Is that normal? I can even see them now (I tried to see if I could find one) I guess I just ignore them, but they don’t interfere with my vision.

Can glaucoma have anything to do with this? Or is that completely unrelated?
edit/@ foot: ah ok.

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