Almost half of young adults with type 2 diabetes develop a potentially blinding eye complication called diabetic retinopathy within a dozen years after diagnosis, new research reveals.
Scientists had believed that U.S. rates of diabetic retinopathy would double between 2010 and 2050, “but with this new data, we expect this rate will more than double,” says Gubitosi-Klug, who’s also a professor of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in Cleveland.
Previously, the TODAY study had reported a 13.9% prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in young people who had had type 2 diabetes for an average of about 5 years. Seven years later, between 2017 and 2018, 420 of the original 517 participants again had retinal photograph tests that were evaluated for the presence of diabetic retinopathy and its advance.
In the later analysis, 49% of participants -- whose average age was just 25 -- had developed diabetic retinopathy. While 39% had mild or very mild cases of the eye condition, about 4% had its most severe form.
“Even if their vision is OK now, diabetes likes to take effect on your tissues earlier, so see your doctors and follow up with anBeyond the study findings related to eye health, doctors should understand that children “at a young age are not only developing diabetes, but developing the complications of diabetes,” Gubitosi-Klug continues.because they’re young. But waiting is putting them on the path to developing these complications.
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