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Glaucoma

July 15, 2006 · Filed Under Health Care 

485479_blood_glucose_measure_diabetes_check_.jpg     A twenty year study on nurses revealed that a woman who developes type 2 diabetes has an 82 percent chance of developing glaucoma.

     I can tell you that for me this is true. I developed diabetes without even knowing it. The thing that forced me to go to the doctor was that my sight started going. I was to the point where I should no longer have been driving. Things like streetlights at night had halos and it made everything look as if I was on an alien planet. During the day I could not tell a green light from a red light.

     The study further showed that the proper diet was used to reverse the effects on sight, but was easier for minorities than for white woman.

     I am white and I can tell you that once I went on the insulin and had proper diet and exercise my sight did return to normal after only a couple of months.

     Exercise and diet even allowed me to get off the meds entirely.

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