The Importance of Diabetic Eye Monitoring Before, During, and After Pregnancy
Pregnancy changes nearly everything about a person’s body, and the eyes are no exception. For someone living with diabetes, those changes deserve careful attention. Blood sugar fluctuations, hormone shifts, blood pressure changes, and the physical strain of pregnancy can all affect the small blood vessels in the retina. Sometimes the change is subtle, a little blur that seems harmless at first. Other times it is silent, with no symptoms at all until damage has already begun