How can I prevent damage to my eyes and organs with Diabetes?

Dr Mushtaqur Rahman, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist explains how to prevent damage to eyes but also control your blood glucose levels well. He talks about screening checks of the eyes being very important when 'tightening' up blood glucose control.

Dr Mushtaqur Rahman, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist explains why good glucose control is important on wound healing with Diabetes. He also explains the effect on glucose control on neuropathy (nerve damage). He goes on to talks about the effects on glucose on your autonomic nervous system and how this might affect the emptying of the stomach and movement of food through the gut.

Dr Mushtaqur Rahman, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist talk about how Diabetes can affect small blood vessels to the back of the eye (the Retina). Diabetes can affect the leakiness of these arteries. If the Macula area of the Retina is affected, this will affect your ability to see. This can be seen as swelling in the Macula area when checked. Damage to the macular area can also result in new blood vessels growing in this region. Occasionally these new blood vessels can cause bleeding which can cause sudden vision loss.

Sister Parminder Rihal, Diabetes Specialist Nurse talks about looking after your Diabetes around having a surgical procedure. She talks about general issues with having good glucose control with diet and exercise. She explains that good glucose control makes healing much more predictable and using the word intensify for glucose control.

Daniel talks about his journey with Type 1 Diabetes. He developed Diabetes as a post graduate university student. He shares how his first symptoms weren't picked up but eventually become quite unwell and was then diagnosed this point. When he was diagnosed he was started on tablets but glucose control was not good. He describes some fear around being started on Insulin but the Insulin pens helped. Daniel was grateful to the amount of detail he was given to do with his Diabetes. Particularly, he engaged very strongly with detail over the long term benefits of good blood glucose control.

Dr Mushtaqur Rahman, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist talks about being weight as being an important factor. He talks about the body becoming relatively resistant to Insulin. During pregnancy, the placenta produces hormone which increase the blood sugar - normally insulin is released which brings this back down but in women with Gestational Diabetes the insulin does not act as it should.