Type 2 diabetes: Two feelings in the eyes that could signal advancing blood sugar ‘damage’

“Blurry or double vision, dark spots or blank areas and trouble seeing out of the corners of your eyes are other symptoms to watch for.”

The high blood sugar levels associated with diabetes, sometimes coupled with hypertension, can cause blood vessels in the eyes to swell and weaken.

Sometimes, this causes a leak into the vitreous, added the expert.

She continued: “This can keep light from reaching the retina.“Those damaged blood vessels may also develop scar tissue that could eventually pull the retina aware from the back of the eyes, potentially dangerous problems called retinal detachments.