Thursday, December 29, 2011

Complications

  • kidney
    • Diabetes is leading cause of kidney failure
    • In first few years patients kidneys could have higher than normal filtering functions.
  • feet
    • Loss of feeling in the feet, usually cause of nerve damage.
  • eyes
    • Diabetic Retinopathy
      • Most common diabetic eye disease
      • Leading cause of blindness
      • Caused by changes in the blood vessels of the retina

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