METABOLISM ILLNESSES AND VISUAL ACUITY

STOFFWECHSELERKRANKUNGEN UND SEHFAEHIGKEIT

DIABETES IS ONE OF THE ILLNESSES WHICH CAN HAVE POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON ROAD SAFETY. DIABETICS CAN SUFFER VISUAL DISTURBANCES BOTH BEFORE AND DURING TREATMENT; THESE ARE DUE TO TEMPORARY REFRACTIVE ERRORS ON THE LENS OF THE EYE. THE PATIENT MUST NOT DRIVE A VEHICLE UNTIL THE ERROR IS RECTIFIED. VISUAL DISTURBANCES WHICH PROHIBIT CAR DRIVING MAY ALSO BE CAUSED BY BLOOD SUGAR VALUES WHICH ARE TOO LOW. DIABETIC CHANGES TO THE RETINA NEED TO BE KNOWN FOR EVALUATING THE DRIVING APTITUDE OF THE PATIENT. REFUSAL TO GRANT A LICENCE IS RELATIVELY RARE; THIS HAPPENS ONLY WITH PATIENTS WITH VERY FLUCTUATING BLOOD SUGAR VALUES, AN INCLINATION TO FREQUENT ERRORS OF METABOLISM AND MARKED COMPLICATIONS OF THE VASCULAR STRUCTURE OF THE EYE, AND WITH PATIENTS WITH HYPOGLAEMIA IN WHOM DISTURBANCES OF CONSCIOUSNESS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS. THE COVERING ABSTRACT FOR THE CONFERENCE IS IRRD NO 311241.

  • Authors:
    • MEHNERT, H
  • Publication Date: 1978

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  • German

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  • Accession Number: 01289360
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 1:44AM