Re: Question with your eyes and glasses

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/26/2004 2:47:43 PM Pacific Standard Time,

robert_sc2004@... writes:

>

> Hi,

> I have 3 pairs of glasses. Each one can only be used when my sugar

> levels are at certain points. I also can read perfectly when my sugar

> level is at 90-130 without any glasses. Is anyone else had or having

> these kind of results?

> Thanks,

>

>

Hi , funny, when I was recovering from a steroid injection (threw my

bg's over 310) my vision was a mess. I went to my eye dr who is a surgeon also,

and was greately relieved when he told me no damage had been done yet, but NO

MORE steroids. He said eyes are like a view into my insides. He said they

are greatly affected by what my bg's were doing. As my numbere restabilized,

they did also. Hugs, how is Tammy? Marilyn

[Guest guest]

*I* haven't, but my eye doctor (the retinal specialist, not the regular one)

told me that a LOT of diabetics need different prescriptions when their sugar

levels drop.

~C

[Guest guest]

GREETINGS --

Although the following explanation is about eye changes when coming

down with diabetes (from the Diabetes Mall website) it might give you

some insight as to your situation.

wambo1941

Changes in vision may happen at the time that diabetes is first

diagnosed or at any time that blood sugar control is poor.

Fluctuating blood sugars cause the lens to swell and shrink, and

result in fluctuating vision. Many times, people who

have " borderline " diabetes finally decide to take their diabetes

seriously when their vision becomes blurred.

Sometimes, people coming down with diabetes marvel that they no

longer need their glasses to see in the distance. But as insulin or

other therapy is begun and the blood sugar drops, the abnormal

swelling diminishes. In the short-term vision becomes blurred and is

not corrected by their prescription lenses. Either of these scenarios

can be frightening to people who have heard of the severe eye damage

that goes along with diabetes.

Blurred vision in both eyes when insulin or other treatment begins is

almost never caused by damage to the eye. Rather, it results from the

speed at which the swelling, due to high blood sugars in the previous

weeks and months, dissipates from the lens. Vision is usually out of

sync for 3 to 4 weeks, sometimes with an accompanying headache.

After a visit to the physician to confirm that the abnormal vision is

actually a temporary problem caused by lowering the blood sugars, a

common treatment is to visit the reading glasses section in a large

pharmacy. There, the person tries on different strengths of " reading

glasses " until he finds one that allows him to see clearly at

distances. As the days pass, a weaker version may be needed until

eventually his own prescription lenses again work. Never buy

prescription lenses during any period of uncontrolled blood sugars.

These lenses are unlikely to work once the blood sugar is normalized.

These vision changes at the time diabetes is diagnosed rarely

indicate real damage unless uncontrolled high blood sugars have been

present for 5 years or more. It takes about 5 years of elevated blood

sugars before damage to the eyes can be seen with an ophthalmoscope.

However, the " It ain't gonna happen to me crowd " should remember that

whenever blood sugars are high, damage may be underway and once it

starts, it becomes much harder to stop!

> Hi,

> I have 3 pairs of glasses. Each one can only be used when my sugar

> levels are at certain points. I also can read perfectly when my

sugar

> level is at 90-130 without any glasses. Is anyone else had or

having

> these kind of results?

> Thanks,

>

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