Diabetes Can Make You Go Blind. Could Cannabis Help?
Every diabetic, whether autoimmune or type 2 diabetes, can tell you that having high levels of blood sugar is dangerous. When blood sugar isn’t properly managed by the body, rogue glucose courses through the bloodstream and begins to bind to places that it really doesn’t belong. One of the primary casualties? Blood vessels in the retina, which is the part of the eye that is receptive to light and communicates visual signals to the brain. When high levels of blood glucose begin to cause damage, a condition known as diabetic retinopathy develops. Understandably, damage to this part of the eye…