Eye Test Northglenn CO
If you have diabetes, it is important that you visit us at Family Eyecare of Brighton for diabetic eye exams. Our expert optometrist, Dr. Kellie Stennis, can provide an
eye test Northglenn CO to determine whether or not you are having problems caused by diabetes.
When you come to our vision practice for an
eye test Northglenn CO, our eye doctor will want to check the retina of your eyes to see if you are developing any signs of diabetic retinopathy. If you have diabetes, you need to be concerned about diabetic retinopathy which is an eye disease that is caused by consistently heightened blood sugar levels. Diabetes has also been associated with causing cataracts to develop earlier in a patient’s life, and glaucoma. When a patient has diabetic retinopathy, they are experiencing a complication of diabetes which involves abnormal blood vessels that surround the retina. When a patient has a diabetic eye exam, our eye doctor will carefully examine your retina to make sure that no signs of diabetic retinopathy are developing. Diabetic retinopathy is a collective term for several eye diseases which affect the blood vessels that surround and nourish the retina. In the most serious of these conditions, proliferative retinopathy, blood vessels will multiply and grow over the retina. These new blood vessels are very weak and will begin to leak blood and fluid into the area surrounding the retina. This can cause scarring of the eye which can lead to retinal detachment or other vision problems. Non-proliferative retinopathy is the most common form of retinopathy which causes capillaries in the back of the eye to form pouches. This condition can progress, if left untreated, and cause serious vision problems as well with blood vessels leaking into the eye. Treatments are available to keep this eye disease from causing vision loss, however, prevention is always the key.
For an appointment to meet with our eye doctor for an
eye test Northglenn CO, contact us today.