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Diabetes can cause a variety of complications related to the eyes. Cataracts are known to develope earlier than would be normal for a healthy person, Glaucoma can also occur, which is the increase in 'fluid' pressure inside the eyeball, which can lead to optic nerve damage and ultimately blindness, and the formation or swelling of bloodvessels in the eye. The most common is the third, and often known as 'diabetic retinopathy' - and is usually the formation of new blood vessels getting in the way of the retina, or the swelling of pre-established vessels, resulting in breaking and the leaking of fluid.

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