Treatment for diabetic retinopathy can slow or prevent vision loss. It is best to start treatment as soon as you can.
Keeping your blood sugar and blood pressure under control can help. Eating a healthy diet and getting regular exercise are useful as part of managing your diabetes.
Other treatments include:
- laser treatment to seal leaking blood vessels and stop the growth of abnormal blood vessels
- surgery, such as vitrectomy
- medicines that can reduce swelling in the retina