‘I cried for my lost sight.’ Vision and diabetes

Fractures and diabetes

“…Remember Charcot foot – miss this and your patient faces lifelong disability. Visual impairment is surprisingly common . Existing disability, for example stroke or amputation, increases risk of falling.…”

Mobility with diabetes

“…In diabetes, multiple eye pathologies can cause temporary or permanent visual impairment severe enough to impede walking, for example affecting acuity, field, colour, depth, contrast, and/or binocular vision. High or low glucose can temporarily blur vision …”