The Club, had gathered key health professionals to provide insight and guide the public on how to avert blindness as it joined the rest of the world to
At the event organised in honour of late Lion Kola Sodipo on Thursday in Lagos, experts in the medical field warned of dangers associated with diabetes saying that diabetic patients could risk going blimd if not detected early and treated.
Themed ‘The Eye, Care and Prevention of Eye Disease ‘, Chief Consultant Opthalmologist, Lions Eye Centre State Hospital, Otta, Ogun state, Lion Dr. Adebayo Sobanjo said uncontrolled diabetes affects the back of the eyes, retina by spilling blood into it, which could eventually lead to blindness. “Uncontrolled diabetes can affect the back of the eyes called retina. This could cause blood spillage to the back of the eyes which could lead to blindness”, he said, adding that an early detection and treatment of diabetes is key to preventing such occurrence.
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