Myth or fact?
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Myth
“My vision is fine, so my eyes must be fine.”
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Fact
Early diabetic retinopathy has no symptoms. You can see perfectly and still have damage. Only an eye screening can find it.
Myth
“New glasses will fix my blurry vision.”
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Fact
Glasses cannot fix damage to the retina. Blurry vision with diabetes needs an eye check.
Myth
“Only people with very bad diabetes get eye problems.”
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Fact
Anyone with diabetes can get it. The risk grows the longer you have diabetes.
Myth
“Eye injections are very painful.”
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Fact
The eye is numbed with drops first. Most people feel only a little pressure.