Diabetic eye screening
If you have diabetes, it is important that you have your eyes screened. When diabetes affects the small blood vessels in your retina, which is the image sensor part of your eye, this is known as diabetic retinopathy. If the changes to your retina get worse, it will eventually affect your sight and can cause blindness. Having an annual check-up is an effective way of detecting and treating diabetic retinopathy to prevent sight loss.
All people with diabetes aged over 12 are invited every year to have this screening. It is a simple procedure that uses eye drops to widen your pupil before a photograph is taken of your eyes. When you receive your annual screening invitation make sure you book an appointment straight away.