Diabetes is a serious disease. Without proper treatment can damage the heart, kidneys, eyes and feet.
Unchecked, diabetes can cause serious long-term complications. The most important are:
*Eye diseases that can lead to blindness.
*Nephropathy (kidney damage), which can result in total failure of the kidneys.
*Neuropathy (nerve damage), which, in combination with circulatory problems can cause ulcers in the legs and feet and gangrene, which in turn can lead to amputation.
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Cardiovascular disease, which affects the heart and blood vessels and can cause fatal complications such as coronary heart disease (resulting in myocardial infarction) and cerebral events (a common cause of disability and death among people with diabetes).
But people with diabetes can live long, healthy and happy if well controlled.
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