Diabetic Eye Disease Symptoms, Causes, Prevention & Homeopathy Treatment

Published On21 August, 2025

Dr. Vaseem Choudhary MD
diabetic eye disease symptoms and risk factors

What is diabetic eye disease?

Diabetic Eye Disease is a collection of eye issues that individuals with diabetes can experience as a result of sustained high blood sugar levels over a long period of time. If not treated and diagnosed early, it can cause loss of vision or even blindness.

Types of Diabetic Eye Disease

  1. Diabetic Retinopathy

Diabetic retinopathy is the most frequent and severe eye disorder due to diabetes. It happens to the retina, which is light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.

Early stages (Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy) of the condition find the blood vessels weakening and beginning to leak.

Advanced stages (Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy) see new abnormal blood vessels begin to grow. This leads to bleeding, scar, or pull on the retina, occasionally causing retinal detachment.

This condition comes on unnoticed—possibly with no symptoms at first. That’s why frequent eye check-ups are so vital.

  1. Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)

This is inflammation of the macula, the centre part of the retina, which assists you in seeing small details (such as reading or facial recognition). DME can occur at any level of diabetic retinopathy and may result in blurred, wavy, or patchy vision.

  1. Cataract

Individually, Diabetes tends to develop cataracts at an earlier age than others. A cataract is a fogging of the lens in the eye, causing your eyesight to be hazy or lacklustre. It can be treated with surgery.

  1. Glaucoma

Diabetes elevates the risk for glaucoma, an illness where pressure within the eye rises and destroys the optic nerve. When it’s too late, it leads to irreversible blindness.

Why Does This Happen?

When blood sugar is elevated over a long period of time, it harms the tiny blood vessels all over the body–including the eyes. These blood vessels can leak, get clogged, or become abnormally large, causing several eye issues.

Other risk factors of diabetic eye disease are:

  • High blood pressure
  • Increased cholesterol
  • Smoking
  • Longstanding diabetes (over 10 years)

Diabetic Eye Disease Symptoms

Usually, there are no symptoms in the beginning, but as the disease advances, you may experience:

Blurred or unstable vision

Dark spots or floaters in your eyes

Inability to see at night

Vision loss in one or both eyes

Emptiness or voids in your vision

How Is It Diagnosed?

The most effective way to detect diabetic eye disease in the early stages is with a dilated eye test. In this test, your eye care professional puts drops in your eyes and dilates your pupils to examine the retina for damage.

Other tests can also be done:

OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography): A scan to detect swelling in the retina

A dye test to observe blood flow in the retina, which is Fluorescein Angiography

Prevention Is Better Than Cure

Prevent your vision from going wrong by doing the following:

  • Have a full eye check-up once a year, even if your eyesight is okay
  • Maintain HbA1c level at less than 7%
  • Regulate and manage blood pressure and cholesterol
  • Don’t miss taking diabetes medicines or insulin
  • Eat well and exercise regularly
  • Stop smoking if you are a smoker

Diabetic Eye Disease Treatment 

Homeopathic treatment 

  1. Phosphorus

Indications: Retinal hemorrhage, blurred vision, light sensitivity, black spots in front of eyes.

Personality traits: Sensitive, anxious, afraid of being alone.

Beneficial in: Diabetic Retinopathy with initial haemorrhage or floaters.

  1. Syzygium Jambolanum 

Indications: Famous for balancing blood sugar levels naturally.

Usage: Not eye-specific but utilised as a supportive remedy for managing diabetes, which indirectly maintains normal eye health despite diabetes.

  1. Arnica Montana 

Indications: Retinal haemorrhage, damage caused by trauma, and eye strain.

Beneficial in: Diabetic Retinopathy with bruised sensation in the eyes or bleeding.

Keynote: “As if the eyes have been beaten.”

  1. Crotalus Horridus

Suggests: Bleeding tendency, particularly with retinal haemorrhage.

Beneficial in: Severe cases with clotting or recurrent haemorrhage.

  1. Lycopodium 

Suggests: DME (Macular Oedema), with dim or blurry vision, and digestive issues.

Personality: Irritable, anxious, craving sweets.

Beneficial in: Eye symptoms + digestive symptoms + diabetes.

FAQS – 

  1. Can homeopathy treat diabetic eye disease?

Ans- Yes, Homeopathy can:

Slows down the progression (particularly in the early stage)

Can improve retinal blood circulation

Can make blood vessels stronger

Lessens related symptoms like floaters, blurred vision, or eye strain

It best works in conjunction with regular diabetic and eye care.

  1. Is homeopathic treatment safe for diabetic patients?

Ans- Yes, homeopathy is safe and free from known side effects when administered properly. It does not interact with diabetes medication, insulin, or eye injections. Yet, it must always be taken with the advice of a professional homeopathic physician.

  1. How long does it take to notice improvement in homeopathy?

Ans- This varies on:

The stage of disease

Your overall control of diabetes

Frequency and severity of eye symptoms

In the initial stages, individuals can experience improvement within weeks or months. In severe stages, it is predominantly palliative

  1. Can homeopathy lower blood sugar?

Ans- Yes, medicines such as Syzygium Jambolanum Q and Cephalandra indica Q can help control blood sugar levels when combined with diet, lifestyle modifications, and allopathic treatment.

  1. How frequently should I get my eyes examined if I have diabetes?

Ans- You need to have a dilated eye examination every year, even if you feel well. If you already have eye disease, your eye care professional might tell you to return more often.

  1. Can Diabetic Eye Disease Cause Death? 

No, diabetic eye disease alone does not kill you.

It is, however, a serious diabetes complication, and although it isn’t life-threatening, it can cause blindness permanently if not treated.

 

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