Abstract

MARTINEZ-ROMERO, Lyzzet  and  SALGADO-VALLADARES, Manuel B. Main ophthalmologic manifestations in diabetic pregnant women. Perinatol. Reprod. Hum. [online]. 2014, vol.28, n.1, pp.16-21. ISSN 2524-1710.

The evidence of the epidemiologic transition in the world is associated with the progression of chronic degenerative diseases, including diabetes mellitus. The impact this condition can have in the patient's course of life is deleterious and the population at risk in reproductive ages, ranging from the second to the third decades of life, can have significant effects on the mother-child binome, making imperative for a adequate obstetric outcome the diagnosis of pregestational and gestational diabetes mellitus and its timely treatment, thus avoiding secondary complications in the mother and fetus and avoiding the increase in the cost-benefit of these patients. Regarding ocular health, anatomical alterations of the retina and lens are secondary complications in the life of diabetic patients, which can progress during pregnancy and leave important sequelae, with decreased function.

Keywords : Diabetes mellitus type I and II; gestational diabetes; diabetic retinopathy; refractive errors; cataracts.

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