There are so many Diabetic complications whether you have type 2 or type 1 diabetes. Check out the list of complications that can occur if you are Diabetic.
High blood sugar levels can seriously damage parts of your body you would not even realize including your feet and your eyes.
Diabetes can seriously do you lots of harm. There are lots of different types of diabetes complications that can ruin your health. The worst thing is to eat sugar and let your diabetes worsen with high levels of glucose. Even high carbs can ruin you.
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Here is a list of diabetes complications:
Chronic complications
- Eye problems (retinopathy)
- Foot problems
- Heart attack and stroke
- Nerve damage (neuropathy)
- Kidney problems (nephropathy)
- Gum disease and other mouth problems
- Related conditions such as:
- Coeliac disease
- Thyroid disease
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Diabetes insipidus
- Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
- Mastopathy
- Muscular conditions, including Limited joint mobility, Frozen shoulder, Dupuytren’s contracture, Trigger tunnel syndrome
- Dental problems
- Hemochromatosis
- Sexual problems in women
- Sexual problems in men
Acute complications
- Hypos - blood sugars are too low
- Hypers - blood sugars are too high
- Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State (HHS) - a life-threatening emergency that only happens in people with Type 2 diabetes. If your blood sugars are very high and you have severe dehydration it can be brought on quickly.
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - a life-threatening emergency where the lack of insulin and high blood sugars leads to a build-up of ketones.
High sugar levels in your blood over a long period of time can seriously damage your blood vessels. If your blood vessels are not working properly, blood can’t travel to parts of your body which can make things difficult organs to work. This is a serious complication that will eventually give you heart problems too.
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