Just when I thought I had my life under control, my optometrist found
leaking blood vessels in my retinas, brought on by diabetes.
Not exact matches
In the less common, wet form of the disease, rogue
blood vessels escape normal growth control and
leak fluid into the macula, the area at the center of the
retina that enables a person to see fine detail.
If left untreated, about a quarter of people with diabetes eventually lose some of their vision from diabetic macular edema — a condition
in which
leaking blood vessels cause swelling
in the center of the
retina.
When these
blood vessels leak, the
retina in the back of the eye swells and makes it difficult for the eye to receive light correctly.