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6 wrz 2024 · Diabetes can cause long-term damage, from foot to nerve complications. Use this interactive graphic to learn how diabetes interrupts your body’s systems.
14 lis 2024 · Type 2 diabetes affects how your body uses sugar (glucose) for energy. It stops the body from using insulin properly, which can lead to high levels of blood sugar if not treated. Over time, type 2 diabetes can cause serious damage to the body, especially nerves and blood vessels.
People with diabetes mellitus may experience many serious, long-term complications. Some of these complications begin within months of the onset of diabetes, although most tend to develop after a few years.
6 cze 2022 · Complications that have traditionally been associated with diabetes mellitus include macrovascular conditions, such as coronary heart disease, stroke and peripheral arterial disease, and...
Introduction. Diabetes mellitus (DM), as a growing epidemic of bipolar disorder, affects near 5.6% of the world’s population (1). Its global prevalence was about 8% in 2011 and is predicted to rise to 10% by 2030 (2). Likewise, its prevalence in China also increased rapidly from 0.67% in 1980 to 10.4% in 2013 (3).
Overview. More. Diabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose (or blood sugar), which leads over time to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves.
When diabetes is uncontrolled, it has dire consequences for health and well-being. In addition, diabetes and its complications impact harshly on the finances of individuals and their families, and the economies of nations. People with diabetes who depend on life-saving insulin pay the ultimate price when access to affordable insulin is lacking.
