Ready to Preserve Your Vision from Diabetes
Your eyes are a complex network of systems all working together to provide you with sight. If an issue affects this system, it’s possible to experience various symptoms like blurry vision or vision loss.
Diabetes is one of the most common health concerns that could affect your sight. With the help of modern technologies and tailored strategies, we can help manage how diabetes affects your eyes and preserve your vision.
Request your next eye exam at Eyedeal Eyecare today.
What Is a Diabetic Eye Exam?
Diabetes is a health condition that affects how your body processes sugar in your bloodstream. It can raise the risk of several health concerns, including some that affect your eyes.
During a diabetic eye exam, we look at parts of your eye that diabetes can affect, like your retina and its blood vessels. Using a device known as the Optos optomap, we can generate highly detailed images of the inside of your eye and detect potential issues related to diabetes.
Our process can even detect early signs of diabetes if you have not yet been diagnosed.
How Diabetes Affects Your Eyes
Diabetes can affect your eye health by damaging the blood vessels in your retina. These vessels can then leak blood and other fluid into your eye, increasing the risk of various eye diseases and conditions.
If you have diabetes, we recommend having yearly eye exams so we can monitor your eye health and address issues as they develop.
If we discover any issues during your eye exam, we’ll get to work on developing a strategy to help preserve your vision and eye health.
Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy is one of the most common diabetes-related eye diseases. It occurs when sugar in your blood damages your retina’s blood vessels, causing them to bulge, break, and leak fluids over time.
These fluids can damage your retina and cause vision loss over time. You might not experience symptoms during the disease’s early stages, so detecting this issue as soon as possible is essential to preserving your vision.
Diabetic Macular Edema
Diabetic macular edema can develop because of diabetic retinopathy, and it can also lead to vision loss over time.
As fluids leak from your retina’s blood vessels, the fluids can accumulate under a part of your retina called the macula.
The macula is responsible for providing your central vision (the vision you use to read and see fine details). As fluids accumulate, the macula can swell over time and lead to visual distortions and possible vision loss.
Other Eye Diseases & Conditions
Diabetes doesn’t just increase the risk of developing diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema—you may also risk developing open-angle glaucoma and cataracts.
Please visit our Eye Disease Diagnosis & Management page for more information on these issues.
See More of Your Eye Health Today
If you have diabetes, don’t wait to find the compassionate help you deserve. Our team at Eyedeal Eyecare is ready to support your vision, so Request your appointment and see more of your eye health today.
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- 4940 W University Dr., Ste 70
- Prosper, TX 75078
Contact Us
- Phone: 972-430-4600
- Email: [email protected]
Clinic Hours
- Monday: 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM
- Tuesday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Thursday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
- Friday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
- Saturday: By appointment only
- Sunday: Closed
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I cannot express in words the efficacy and professionalism of Dr. Pham however, I will try. I have a serious eye condition: keratoconus and a very extreme case at that. Unfortunately, eyeglasses are not an option for me therefore contacts are my only means for sight. I’ve always lived with mediocre contact fitting and lens prescription. For the first time in years I was able to see 20/20 because of Dr. Pham’s mastery of her craft. It wasn’t easy for her, during the exam she went above and beyond unsatisfied and unacceptable of any result but perfection for my sight. Her prowess of due diligence was as if it were her own eyesight she was correcting. I wish I met her years ago.
-Armando C.
I was very pleased with the professional care received at my initial appointment! Dr. Pham explained everything in detail and Angelica was very helpful in assisting me selecting my frame. Even without insurance it was very affordable. Definitely going back for my annual check up.
Si necesitan un medico para revisar sus ojos la Dra Pham es la mejor opción. Es muy profesional y explica todo en detalle.
-Rafael
I would 11/10 recommend Eyedeal Eyecare. The office is absolutely beautiful, uses the most current technology, and has a large variety of stylish frames to choose from. Dr. Pham is not your average doctor, she goes above and beyond to make sure you have the best experience. She is patient, kind, and extremely thorough. Angelica was so sweet and knowledgeable, she definitely made the process of choosing a pair of frames easier. We could not have asked for a better experience and will definitely be returning for all our future eye care needs!
-Bethany
Dr Pham is really amazing!! She is extremely knowledgable and took the time to explain in detail how the eyes/lids work and what was going on with my inflamed eyelids including detail pictures of my eyes. Then we discussed my treatment plan, insurance and timetable. I will be going to her to get my inflamed chronic dry eyes and blepharitis under control. Because this is a lifelong chronic issue, I will continue to see Dr. Pham from time to time for my eye maintenance.
I ask her to clean my eyelids while I was there and WOW instant relief! Then she showed me the before and after pictures, the gunk was gone!
I have been to other Dr’s over the years and nobody even comes close to her caliber in what she does. What a relief!
I highly recommend Dr. Pham with EYEDEAL EYECARE.
– Nick
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Eyedeal Eyecare
- 4940 W University Dr., Ste 70
- Prosper, TX 75078
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P: 972-430-4600
[email protected]
