Abstract

Diabetic Retinopathy, also known as Diabetic eye disease, is a common complication of diabetes and a leading cause of legal blindness in working age adults.The longer a person has Diabetes,the h igher their risk of developing some ocular problem.After 10-15 years of Diabetes,nearly all patients with Type I diabetes and >60% of patients with type II diabetes have some degree of retinopathy.Various studies show certain dissimilarities in ocular physiopathology between human males and females. These differences can be observed in the lacrimal and other eye-associated glands, the ocular surface, the crystalline lens, and the retinochoroid complexes. Literature on the subject revealed that because of sex steroid hormone (estrogen, progesterone, and androgen) actions, various physiological conditions, such as age, menstrual cycles, pregnancy, and menopause or andropause, where the hormone milieu changes, affect vision. Timely diagnosis with the help of better screening and referral facilities, strict control of systemic parameters and timely management in the form of medical and surgical intervention can delay the sight threatening complication of diabetic retinopathy.

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