00:01
So look at this picture blown up
now about diabetic retinopathy.
00:06
See blood vessels can clot
off, see him.
00:10
We've got it right
there for you.
00:11
Then you see these new
weird abnormal vessels grow,
then those blood vessels weaken
and they molds and they
leak into the retina.
00:22
Okay.
00:23
Now this picture is going
to try to come into your eye
and look what it's
got a fight through.
00:30
Yeah, this is people have such
significant vision changes.
00:34
So diabetic retinopathy or DR
It's the most common cause of vision
loss among people with diabetes
and it's the leading
cause of blindness
among working age adults.
00:47
Okay, so Mr. Sanchez is kind
of wrapping up his career
but this is the one I know is the
most common cause of vision loss
and blindness among
working age adults.
00:58
So you want to make sure
you understands how important
it is to let us know
if you're starting to
have vision changes
and that he have
regular eye exams.
01:08
Not a quickie one.
Not a computer exam
where he does it
on the internet,
he needs to go in and
see a professional
and make sure that they
can either dilate his pupil
or they have the technology to look
at an intense exam without that
because diabetic retinopathy
causes changes to the
retinal blood vessels
and that's what causes them to bleed
or leak and distort the patient vision.
01:31
Ready?
I want to show you
what it looks like to a patient
with diabetic retinopathy.
01:38
Yeah, look at that.
01:40
I mean early on,
there might not be these
symptoms but later,
they can have, look at that picture.
It's blurry.
01:48
There's these weird
floating spots
and they can even progress
a total blindness.
01:53
So why did I point out
that early on there
are no symptoms,
because that's why if he's going
to see a professional
to examine his eyes,
they're going to pick this
up before they have symptoms.
02:08
Meaning they're going
to pick up the problem
before Mr. Sanchez has this
blurry vision floating spots
or blindness develop.
02:17
So every time we can reinforce
screenings and wellness,
that's what we do as nurses.