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11/19/2006 - Benfotiamine And Diabetic Retinopathy By: Zach Ma Benfotiamine And Diabetic Retinopathy By: Zach Malott Damage from diabetes can occur in different areas of the eye. It can occur to the cornea, nerves controlling the muscles of the eye, the lens, optic nerve and retina. The retina is the complication that most people and medical professionals think of first in terms of diabetic complications. Diabetic retinopathy is simply damage to the light sensitive retina. This damage is brought about by hyperglycemia, the medical term for high blood sugar. Retinopathy is directly responsible for approximately 12,000 to 24,000 cases of legal blindness every year in the USA alone. It is reported that there are over 200,000 cases each year globally. Diabetic complications are even more insidious than these numbers because there are several other types of diabetic eye disease created wholly or in part by high blood sugar in diabetics. What Can Be Done To Prevent Eye Disease? It stands to reason that the more informed a person is about a particular situation the better equipped they will be to handle it. Diabetic eye disease is just such a case in point. We need to think of the whole person and not just the eyes when discussing diabetic education because diabetic complications run from eye disease, heart disease, nerve damage, kidney damage, etc. Although benfotiamine has been found useful for all of the above, for the sake of this article in terms of prevention, we will discuss diabetic eye disease in terms of diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy is a dis ... CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE Benfotiamine And Diabetic Retinopathy By: Zach Ma Bradenton center researching diabetic neuropathy - Bradenton Herald Bradenton center researching diabetic neuropathy Bradenton Herald,  United States - Nov 18, 2006 ... For more information or to determine whether you&'re eligible, call the Bradenton Research Center at 708-0005 or visit www.dpnstudy.com. when should diabetics check their blood sugar

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