Can Children Get Diabetic Eye Disease?
Editor’s Note: The following information is reprinted with permission from “The Diabetes Advisor,” November/December 1998 – Volume 6, No. 6 published by the American Diabetes Association. A new study shows children can get diabetic eye disease and suggests they be screened. In the study, 557 kids and teens with type 1 diabetes had photographs taken of their eyes. Eye doctors who studied the photos found diabetic eye disease in 81 subjects. Eye disease was more likely in the older kids and those who’d had diabetes for a while. But eye disease did occur in some kids who had not yet gone through puberty. Eye disease is uncommon before puberty, but it does occur. The researchers suggest that screening for eye disease start at age 10. (Diabetologia 40:307-10, 1997) Editor’s Note: The following bulletins come from “Diabetes Interview: Information for the Diabetes Community Since 1991,” October 1998 – Issue 75; Volume 7, No. 10. This information is copyrighted and may only be reproduced with
