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Vitamin A may help treat early vision loss in diabetes.

Vitamin A in Diabetes : Scientists have recently found that mice with diabetes that received treatment with a vitamin A analog had significantly improved eyesight. New research has shown that a single dose of the chromophore 9-cis-retinal , an analog of vitamin A , can significantly improve reduced visual function in mice with diabetes. The research , which appears in The American Journal of Pathology , may help scientists develop effective treatments for visual loss associated with early diabetic retinopathy. DIABETIC RETINOPATHY: According to the National Eye Institute , diabetic retinopathy is an eye condition that can result in the loss of vision for people with diabetes. In its mid to late stages , the condition occurs due to damage to the blood vessels in a person's retina. People with diabetes are at risk of having too much sugar in their blood. The sugar can cause blood vessels to block , resulting in bleeding. The eye can develop new blood vessels , but these typically do ...