Diabetes is a life threatening disease. If not treated properly and if proper is not taken, then diabetes can lead to many complications affecting various organs.
If left untreated, diabetes mellitus may cause life-threatening complications. Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, the most common types of diabetes can affect the brain, heart, kidney and nerves. These types of diabetes if not treated properly can lead to hart diseases, blindness and renal failure. Diabetes can lead to the blockade of tiny blood vessels in the eye, which results in blindness.
In diabetic patients, diabetes leads to nephropathy that is the inability to filter toxins from the blood stream. Diabetes can lead to the blockade of blood vessels, which results in various cardio problems, blood pressure and stroke. People who are diabetic are more liable to heart diseases.
Well, Type 1 diabetes, which is more dangerous, can lead to diabetic coma, a state of unconsciousness.
Diabetes can cause numbness, a state where a person does not have any feelings. There are also complications related to pregnancy.
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Type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is the most severe dangerous one, which leads to many complications like hart failure, stroke, kidney and nerve problems.
Type 1 diabetes is a condition in which the pancreas produces no insulin. The insulin producing beta cells of the pancreas are affected, which restricts the production of insulin.
Type 1 diabetes is also called as Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) and also Juvenile diabetes. It is seen that the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes appears between 10 to 14 years of age.
No one knows the real cause of this disease. But scientists say that it is related to genes. This type of disease is an autoimmune disease, in which the healthy tissues are attacked. Studies have shown that genetic as well as environmental factors contribute to Type 1 diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes increases the risk of many serious complications like heart disease, vision problems, nerve damage and kidney damage. Well, if Type 1 diabetes is diagnosed, it requires life long treatment. People with Type 1 diabetes take mainly insulin injections to control blood sugar levels.
Type 1 diabetes is a condition in which the pancreas produces no insulin. The insulin producing beta cells of the pancreas are affected, which restricts the production of insulin.
Type 1 diabetes is also called as Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) and also Juvenile diabetes. It is seen that the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes appears between 10 to 14 years of age.
No one knows the real cause of this disease. But scientists say that it is related to genes. This type of disease is an autoimmune disease, in which the healthy tissues are attacked. Studies have shown that genetic as well as environmental factors contribute to Type 1 diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes increases the risk of many serious complications like heart disease, vision problems, nerve damage and kidney damage. Well, if Type 1 diabetes is diagnosed, it requires life long treatment. People with Type 1 diabetes take mainly insulin injections to control blood sugar levels.
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