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How is diabetic retinopathy best prevented?
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Control your sugars: The best (and only) way to prevent diabetic retinopathy is to control blood sugars.
Answered 1/7/2013
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Diabetic retinopathy: Diabetic retinopathy is prevented by controlling the diabetes with diet, exercise, weight control and medicine and keeping the a1c below 7.0.
Answered 9/23/2012
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Control Risk Factors: Tight control of glucose can help prevent or delay the onset of retinopathy. Control of blood pressure and cholesterol are also important factors. It is important for all diabetics to get annual dilated eye exams from an ophthalmologist to determine whether retinopathy is present.
Answered 9/29/2016
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