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Q&A with Australian Health Practitioners
Are diabetes and glaucoma related?
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I've got glaucoma and am at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Are these two conditions related? -
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Some studies show that there is a link between diabetes and glaucoma and others do not. However, if diabetes is not well controlled and abnormal blood vessels grow in the eye, a secondary type of glaucoma can develop.
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