Diabetes complications

Diabetes complications drive most of the costs

While diabetes care has improved greatly in recent decades, there are still millions of people dying from the disease annually. According to the IDF there were 4.8 million diabetes-related deaths in 2012.

Many with the condition lose their eyesight or require amputations because of poorly controlled diabetes. Lack of access to medicine or doctors who can tell them how to use it is in some cases to blame. For others, it is because the treatment they receive is inadequate. Fear of the consequences of low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia), a common side effect of insulin treatment, may even result in some people with diabetes maintaining high blood sugar levels, consequently damaging blood vessels and leading to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.

Findings from a landmark study in the UK showed that reducing blood sugar levels by close to 1% may reduce diabetes-related deaths by more than 20% and reduce microvascular complications by nearly 40%.For more plz read at following link

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http://www.changingdiabetesbarometer.com/about-diabetes/diabetes-complications.aspx

HI Mr.Ali A R Aldallal,

Thank you so much for helping me, i have a other question, i need to know the classification of these complications ??

thank you for advance.

The chronic complications of Diabetes are the vascular complications , which are classified as Macrovascular or microvascular complications . The macrovascular complications are coronary artery diseases , cerbrovascular diseases ( stroke ) & peripheral vascular diseases . The microvascular complications are Diabetic retinopathy , neuropathy & nephropathy . In addition , metabolic complications such as Diabetic ketosis & Hypergycemic hyperosmolar syndrome ( HHS ) & hypoglycemia can occur . Diabetic neuropathy , peripheral vascular disease & infection in the lower limb can cause Diabetic foot . This is a basic classification of complications .

@ Ali Merina Houria

Please take a look at the following RG links and PDF attachment.

Article Chronic Complications of Diabetes Mellitus: A Mini Review

Article Chronic complications of diabetes mellitus related to the re...

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