Diabetic Eye Disease, Symptoms and Treatment

It's 'Save Your Vision' month and we'd like to bring awareness to the effects of diabetes on vision, including blindness if left untreated. Kelly Mitchell, M.D., is our guest today. He is a Texas Tech Physicians ophthalmologist and professor in the School of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Dr. Mitchell explains why people with diabetes are at risk for diabetic eye diseases, what those diseases are, symptoms, treatments and tells us why if you have been diagnosed with diabetes to schedule an appointment with an ophthalmologist.