Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an expanding major health problem. By the year 2030, it is anticipated that the worldwide incidence of DM will roughly double to 366 million, with 75% of all diabetics residing in developing countries.^[1] Diabetic adults 18 years of age and older have a 21% increased prevalence of visual impairment while those 50 years or older have a higher prevalence of vision loss from retinopathy, cataracts, and glaucoma.^[2] Cataracts develop earlier and more rapidly in diabetics. According to the Wisconsin Beaver Dam Study, the Australian Blue Mountains Eye Study, the Barbados Eye Study, the French Pathologies Oculaires Liées à l’Age (POLA) Study, and the West African Countries (Ghana and Nigeria) Study, diabetics have up to a fivefold increase in the prevalence of cataracts with cortical and/or posterior subcapsular opacities, with women developing cataracts slightly more than men.^[3–5]

It is anticipated that …