Diabetics Need Annual Eye Exams!

Diabetics Need Annual Eye Exams 

Diabetes and the related diabetic eye problem of diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause preventable blindness in the United States among adults age 20 to 74. About 1/3 of the 30 million Americans with diabetes have diabetic retinopathy. With early detection and treatment vision loss from diabetes is preventable! Often, people may not notice vision changes in the disease’s early stages. But as it progresses, diabetic retinopathy usually causes vision loss that in many cases cannot be reversed. Even if you don’t notice changes in your vision-diabetics should have annual eye exams. That’s why it’s so important that everyone with diabetes has yearly exams for early detection. But the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still reports that less than 2/3 of people with diabetes undergo their recommended annual dilated ophthalmic examination.  We all lead busy lives but diabetics need annual eye exams to prevent vision loss. 

If you or someone you know is diabetic please remind them to have an annual eye exam or call us to schedule a diabetic eye exam at Outlook Eyecare, Monroe Township, NJ (P) 609-409-2777 or Outlook Eyecare, Princeton, NJ 08831 (P) 609-419-1920, or visit Outlook Eyecare or Facebook. 

Outlook Eyecare is a comprehensive eye care practice staffed by NJ ophthalmologists, optometrists and eye specialists located at 5 Centre Drive, Suite 1B, Monroe Township, NJ 08831 (P) 609-409-2777 and 100 Canal Pointe Boulevard, Suite #100, Princeton, NJ 08831 (P) 609-419-1920-an affiliate of Prism Vision Group.