Diabetic Eye Exams | Madison | Sokol Advanced EyeCare

Specialized Vision Care

You may know the impacts of diabetes and how this disease can affect your body—however, diabetes can also cause complications with your vision. Your body is a well-oiled machine, and a healthy mind and body are crucial to your visual health.

At Sokol Advanced EyeCare, we offer diabetic eye examinations for patients with unique visual needs. Our approach to diabetic eye exams is to keep your lifestyle in mind and implement your overall health and wellness into your vision care.

Schedule your eye exam today to get a closer look at how diabetes can affect your vision as well as your health and wellness.

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How Diabetes Affects Your Vision

Diabetes is a complicated disease to navigate that can lead to various vision issues—increasing the risk of developing eye diseases such as glaucoma, cataracts, and diabetic retinopathy.

Diabetic retinopathy is a disease that occurs when blood vessels in the retina are damaged. This disease is the primary vision care concern for patients with diabetes and the most common cause of preventable blindness in the United States.

While the early stages of diabetic retinopathy may display little to no symptoms, when they do appear, symptoms can include:

Floaters or dark spots
Blurred vision
Loss of vision
Difficulty seeing at night

A diabetic eye exam is essential for early detection, and permanent vision loss or blindness can result if the condition is left untreated.

Getting a Clear Picture with Optos

At Sokol Advanced EyeCare, our comprehensive diabetic eye exams include an assessment of the blood vessels in your eye through a dilated eye examination. To do this, we use retinal imaging to capture a clear picture of your eye that your optometrist can examine.

Optomap retinal imaging captures the details and provides our doctors with a high-resolution 200° image to determine the health of your retina, which is much wider than a traditional 45° image.Optos retinal imaging is generally a fast process that evaluates the retina for issues such as diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. This process allows our team to have a wide, clear image of your retina.

Optos retinal imaging is generally a fast process that evaluates the retina for issues such as diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. This process allows our team to have a wide, clear image of your retina.

Monitoring Your Visual Health

Your eyes serve as a window to the rest of your body. Diabetic eye exams can help us diagnose vision issues and assess your sight and overall health to prepare a personalized treatment plan.

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