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Left eye redness and headache
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My grandmother is a diabetes patient and every once in couple of months, she has redness in her right eye(which she can't see with ) and headache which persists for 4 to 5 days but this time it exceeded a week.
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Diabetics are more prone to develop glaucoma , which needs to be checked by an ophthalmologist.
Headache with redness indicates this to be the most likely cause.
There can be other reasons too .
But I would suggest you go to an eye specialist soon as if this has affected other eye also then it would cause irreversible damage to her other eye vision too .
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There can be so many things which can cause this..but not able to answer on this platform without checking.
Check BP, sugars and take her to eye doctor.
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A detailed eye evaluation is required for your grandmother.
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Kindly see your eye specialist at the earliest.
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Her age,general health,diabetic control n duration ,any history of glaucoma,reason for visual loss,eye pics will help.she requires a eye checkup & fundus evaluation by eye specialist.
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Consult an ophthalmologist
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Get her eye examination done. She could be having glaucoma which is why the redness is likely to keep coming again and again
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Good evening. Her Right eye in which she can't see might have glaucoma increased eye pressure due to diabetic complication in Retina. Please visit Retina Specialist for checkup.
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Better take her to eye clinic nearby to check out eye pressure and retina
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