Diabetes remains one of the leading causes of blindness; this clinical condition is called Diabetic retinopathy. There is a medical report which suggests that, the culprit for the development of eye damage is the duration of diabetes you are suffering from. Statistics say that if you have been suffering from diabetes since 30 yr, you got a 90 % risk of developing retinopathy and if the duration is 10 yr only also, you are at a risk of 50 % for the development of eye manifestations. Symptoms: Initially no loss of vision at all!! But this may be followed by severe vision loss without any pain so it becomes a necessity “to get yourself checked, if you have diabetes and not wait until u develop the symptoms”. Who is at risk? 1. Pregnant ladies: it is very important for pregnant to get checked, as they might get blind owing to the affects of diabetes during this time. 2. Smokers 3. Alcoholics What happens in diabetic retinopathy? 1. There is proliferation of blood vessels in retina of the eye, which bleed, which are felt as “floaters “in the eye. At this stage you should at once meet your health care professional. 2. Leakage of blood vessels, which may fill the vitreous [...]