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Having eye exams more often than once a year, along with management of your diabetes. This means managing your diabetes, which include your HbA1c, blood pressure, and cholesterol; and quitting smoking. Management of blood glucose can help prevent diabetic eye disease and keep it from getting worse.

Glaucoma is a silent illness; most people have no early symptoms or warning signs as their peripheral vision diminishes or blind spots occur. Even in the United States, where there are active glaucoma screening programs, it is estimated 50% of people with glaucoma do not know they have the disease.