Diabetic Eye Exams in Calgary

Glaucoma is a class of eye diseases related to optic nerve damage. It has several forms—some appear quickly and are medical emergencies, whereas others can develop over years and may not show symptoms until some of your vision has already been lost.

All forms of glaucoma can cause blindness without proper care, so early diagnosis and intervention are critical for preserving functional vision. Having diabetes makes you twice as likely to develop the most common kind of glaucoma, so our eye doctors test for this disease during every diabetic eye exam and can create plans to manage it if it appears.

A cataract appears when proteins form inside the lens of your eye, turning it cloudy and opaque over time. If you have diabetes, you are more likely to experience cataracts than people who do not.

Cataracts can be controlled for a while with glasses and contact lenses, but the only way to restore the vision they have impaired is with cataract surgery. During cataract surgery, your ophthalmologist will remove the affected lens and replace it with a clear synthetic one.