Low blood Sugar= eye damage

[Ashtur]

How lovely, it gets you coming and going..

http://www.lifescan.com/care/news/dn071504-1/

[johnnylol]

ya know when i pressed that link and went to that sight.. i just shook my head..all the article's about diabetes seem so pessimistic geez...:rolleyes:

[mg_2204]

... There is something I don't understand. If low sugar means damage to the eye, how come non diabetic people don't have damage to their eyes??!?

Marie
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[Ashtur]

I presume "low" as in "going low"... not just ordinary

[Harold]

Marie, Non-diabetes people don't go low unless they are hypoglycemic, and then they are not normal.

Ashtur, you left out low blood flow out of your equation. So unless you have a major bleeder with low bgs there is no damage to the eyes, per the article.

[PepsiLvr]

That's interesting. My eyesight goes to **** when I am hypo. Everything gets very bright to the point where I can't read words on a piece of paper. When my BG is good, on the other hand, my eyesight is perfect 20/20 or better. When I went for my eye exam the doc said everything was great.

[Lorna]

That's interesting if about contradictory to all the sort of previous advice about retinopathy being caused by highs.

[Ashtur]

I wouldn't call it a contradiction at all... it's just saying that if you already have damage (the stuff caused by highs we are all familiar with), then going low can aggravate it.

[Jenny]

When my bg gets low, I get dizzy and have to blink a lot cause everything looks bright or weird. I would imagine that maybe lack of blood flow could cause damage just as much as too much (hyper)??? Just my opinion though. LOL :P