Cataracts, which involve the age-related clouding of the eye’s natural lens, typically develop gradually, but in people with diabetes, they often appear earlier and progress more quickly.

Diabetes is a leading cause of vision loss in the United States, and cataracts are a common complication of the disease. With millions of Americans living with diabetes and increasing numbers of them ...

According to Varma, African Americans have a high rate of visual impairment and are especially likely to develop open-angle ...

Cataracts, which involve the age-related clouding of the eye’s natural lens, typically develop gradually, but in people with diabetes, they often appear earlier and progress more quickly.

If blood sugar goes uncontrolled, diabetes causes progressive damage to structures in the eyes. The ongoing eye damage leads to diabetic eye diseases like retinopathy, cataracts, and glaucoma.

Overall, patients with diabetes undergoing cataract surgery were 17.4% more likely to develop postoperative endophthalmitis (pooled OR = 1.174; 95% CI, 1.109-1.242) than those without diabetes ...

Cataracts, which involve the age-related clouding of the eye’s natural lens, typically develop gradually, but in people with diabetes, they often appear earlier and progress more quickly.