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Ashish Kumar Bhagat1, Harnoor Bhardwaj2, Bachan Lal Bhardwaj3
1Assistant Professor,Department of Medicine, Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, Punjab.
Introduction:
Cataract represents one of the most frequent eye complications in type 1 DM and type 2 DM patients; contrarily, acute cataract in young diabetic patients occurs very rarely. Only few cases with acute bilateral cataract - all relatively shortly after the diagnosis of type 1 DM have been reported. It can affect visual acuity from slight visual impairment to complete blindness. Although usually associated with chronic hyperglycaemia, it may also occur on rapid restoration of euglycaemia.1 Early detection of diabetes and adequate glycaemic control, particularly in female adolescents, may prevent this debilitating complication of diabetes.
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