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Eye: - Coggle Diagram

- - - - diabetiies
      - Exposure to UV light in sunlight.
      - certain medications such as statins or corticosteroids for a long time.
      - too much smoking and drinking.
      - A family history.
  - - - the exact cause is still unknown.
      - smoking
      - drinking
      - high blood pressure.
      - family history.
      - being overweight.
    - - causes slight blindness so day to day activities are more difficult.
      - seeing straight lines as wavy/crooked.
      - objects looking smaller than usual.
      - colours seem less bright than usual.
      - hallucinating
  - - - age
      - Ethnicity
      - Family history
      - other medical conditions such as diabeties.
    - - blurred vision
      - seeing rainbow-coloured circles around lights.
    - - symptoms develop slowely over many years.
      - may only be found during an eye test.
      - will cause blindness if left untreated. - build up of fluid presses on the optic nerve, destroying it.
  - - - a complication of diabetes, caused by high blood sugar levels damaging the retina.
    - - blindness if left undiagnosed and untreated.