Information released by Diabetes Cure Web states that diabetics are almost twice as likely to experience eye problems than those who do not have the disease.  Decades of research shows that glaucoma and diabetes are associated with each other. Diabetes glaucoma occurs when fluid pressure inside the eye increases, causing the optic nerve to become damaged. As a result, the loss of vision can take place.

According to the American Health Assistance Foundation’s National Glaucoma Research Program, glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness in the world. In America, 2.8 million people have been diagnosed with open-angle glaucoma. Because glaucoma often does not show symptoms until its later stages, the same number of people are estimated to be living with the disease without knowing it. In fact, 50 percent of people who have diabetes glaucoma are unaware that they have it.

Regarding adults between the ages of …