To help deal with mild cataracts, you may need to wear sunglasses more often and use glare-control lenses in your glasses. For cataracts that interfere greatly with vision, doctors usually remove the lens of the eye. Sometimes the patient gets a new implanted lens. In people with diabetes, retinopathy can get worse after removal of the lens, and glaucoma may start to develop. Retinopathy Diabetic retinopathy is a general term for all disorders of the retina caused by diabetes.
Nonproliferative retinopathy is the common, mild form.
It usually has no effect on vision and needs no treatment. But after it's diagnosed, have your eyes checked at least yearly to make sure it's not getting worse. In nonproliferative retinopathy, capillaries balloon out to form pouches. Although retinopathy does not usually cause any vision loss at this stage, the capillary walls may lose their ability to control the passage of substances between the blood and the retina. As a result, the retina becomes swollen and fatty deposits form within it.