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I’ve heard that taking one aspirin a day will reduce my chance of a heart attack, but I’m afraid to take aspirin for fear of causing hemorrhages in my eye. What should I do?

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I’ve heard that taking one aspirin a day will reduce my chance of a heart attack, but I’m afraid to take aspirin for fear of causing hemorrhages in my eye. What should I do?

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Currently, there is no evidence that diabetics who take aspirin are at greater risk of frequent eye hemorrhages. This was studied in the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study.