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My Father Is Diabetic From 22 Years, He Has Got

Posted on Mon, 25 Jan 2021

Question: My father is diabetic from 22 Years, he has got eye bleeding (Diabetic retinopathy) due to which he needs to get retinal surgery done, for which sugar levels need to be controlled, but irrespective of so many medicines and insulin , his sugar levels are not decreasing (225 mg/dL), need suggestion on how to decrease sugar levels.

Also since he is aged 68 years, will there be any ill effect of retinal surgery like loss of vision or any other effects like any other part damage due to nerve connectivity?

Answered by Dr. Mirjeta Guni (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
About diabetes treatment;

Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for asking!
I have gone carefully through your concern.
To decide about the efficiency of the actual therapy, the HbA1c level is needed ( it shows the mean glucose level of the last 3 month) and it helps us do decide rather he needs to change the therapy! The renal and liver function will be needed also to decide about the treatment in the future.
Regarding to the side effect of the treatment of radiotherapy, the opthatlomogist will inform you better depending on the size of the hemorrhage, the localisation ect.
Please so not hesitate to attach the above asked results.
Looking forward to help you further.
Best wishes,
Dr.Mirjeta

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