The American Diabetes Association reports that 15.7 million people in the USA suffer from diabetes. Also, every year 12,000 to 24,000 go blind because of diabetic eye disease. Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in Americans between the ages of 20 - 65 years.
Diabetes can affect the eye in a number of ways.
Diabetes can also lead to cataracts, which results in cloudy vision and the need for cataract surgery. Diabetes can also lead to increased pressure in the eye - known as glaucoma. With your help we will work toward the day when no one has to suffer the loss of vision due to this dreaded disease. See Simulations of vision loss due to diabetic retinopathy.