Diabetes can cause far-reaching health implications like heart disease, nerve damage and kidney damage. Amputation, blindness and even death can all result from not properly diagnosing or treating diabetes. Tackle these issues head-on and start by arming yourself with knowledge of these serious complications.
- Heart Disease and Stroke: If you have diabetes, you are at risk for having a heart attack or stroke.
- Kidney Damage: Reduce the risk of early kidney disease by controlling your blood glucose and blood pressure.
- Neuropathy (Nerve Damage): Nerve damage from diabetes called diabetic neuropathy can lead to many kinds of problems.
- Blindness or Vision Problems: Diabetes can damage the blood vessels of the eye, potentially leading to blindness.
- Sleep Apnea: Are you ever jolted awake by the sound of your own snoring? Talk to your doctor about obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
- Gum Disease: Protect yourself from gum disease through good oral hygiene and diabetes management.
Diabetes can cause far-reaching health implications like heart
disease, nerve damage and kidney damage. Amputation, blindness and
even death can all result from not properly diagnosing or treating
diabetes. Tackle these issues head-on and start by...
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American Diabetes Association answered:Diabetes can cause far-reaching health implications like heart disease, nerve damage and kidney damage. Amputation, blindness and even death can all result from not properly diagnosing or treating diabetes. Tackle these issues head-on and start by arming yourself with knowledge of these serious complications.
