can diabetes cause cataract ? 

If you have diabetes, you are at a higher risk of developing eye disease. Diabetes specialists recommend you take steps to protect your vision and make sure to have your eyes examined by an ophthalmologist at least once a year. Your eyes should be dilated during the exam. That means eye drops are used to enlarge your pupils to allow the eye care professional to examine the retina in the back of the eye. Finding and treating the disease before it causes vision loss or blindness is the best way to control diabetic eye disease.

Cataracts are the clouding of the eye's lens that causes vision to become blurry. People with diabetes are twice as likely to develop a cataract as those who do not have the disease. In addition, cataracts tend to develop at an earlier age, around middle age, in people with diabetes.
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Answered by jyothi at 3:39 PM on August 03, 2008

Diabetes is a lifelong condition in which sugar (glucose) remains in the blood rather than entering the body’s cells to be used for energy. This results in persistently high blood sugar, which, over time, can damage many body systems.
People who have diabetes are at increased risk for many serious health problems, including hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) and heart problems, eye problems that can lead to blindness,CATARACT , circulation and nerve problems, and kidney disease and kidney failure.

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Answered by Debashis at 9:35 AM on July 14, 2008

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Diabetes is a lifelong condition in which sugar (glucose) remains in the blood rather than entering the body’s cells to be used for energy. This results in persistently high blood sugar, which, over time, can damage many body systems.
People who have diabetes are at increased risk for many serious health problems, including hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) and heart problems, eye problems that can lead to blindness,CATARACT , circulation and nerve problems, and kidney disease and kidney failure.

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Answered by Reeta K at 7:23 PM on July 13, 2008

YES,Diabetes is a lifelong condition in which sugar (glucose) remains in the blood rather than entering the body’s cells to be used for energy. This results in persistently high blood sugar, which, over time, can damage many body systems.
People who have diabetes are at increased risk for many serious health problems, including hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) and heart problems, eye problems that can lead to blindness,CATARACT , circulation and nerve problems, and kidney disease and kidney failure.
CATARACT DUE TO DIABETES CAN BE PREVENTED BY KEEPING DIABETES UNDER CONTROL.

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Answered by sanya at 7:05 PM on July 08, 2008

yes in diabetic patients cataract can occur early you can say

Answered by Rajesh Goyl at 10:33 AM on July 07, 2008

No. Diabetes do not cause cataract but causes Diabetic Retinopathy which is worse than cataract. You need to undergo retenal surgery which is very complicatied.

Answered by Vinay Kiran at 6:09 PM on July 06, 2008

dear sana nigar!
Diabetes increases the chances of getting cataract.

Answered by Cuty * at 3:40 PM on July 06, 2008

Cataract is caused due to old age. Yes diabetes also can be one of the reasons for cataract in young people.

Answered by MOIN at 11:46 PM on July 05, 2008

Surely.Diabetes (DM-2) can result in severe cataract.Also it damages the fine nerves of eye.Diabetics are prone to a condition in which the capillaries in the retina leak fluid or break causing blindness.

Answered by SUKUMARAN at 8:40 PM on July 05, 2008

yes

Answered by Mickeey .d at 8:38 PM on July 05, 2008