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Diabetes self-management still possible with vision loss
Patients with diabetic eye disease present a unique challenge to health care providers not only in terms of disease progression, but also in terms of challenges in using devices or treatment regimens designed primarily for sighted patients.“Patients with vision loss or blindness face limitations in using tools developed for the sighted with diabetes, and in their ability to visually perform many of the daily self-care practices needed to maintain their health and optimize blood glucose,” Anna Simos, MPH, MS, diabetes education and prevention program manager at Stanford Health Care, Stanford (Read more...)