title: [Eye symptoms and latent diabetes].
abstract: Diabetes mellitus type II (non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus) may run a prolonged subclinical course. In three patients, an indian man of 45, a man of 42 and a woman of 78 years old, the first symptoms were eye disorders: vision loss, burning eyes with recurring chalazion, and (neurogenic) diplopia respectively. All three had elevated blood sugar levels and were treated accordingly.
authors.affiliation: Het Oogziekenhuis, Rotterdam.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Polak
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Heine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001762:Blepharitis / Q000209:etiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000209:etiology*