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Common risks associated with
type 2 diabetes.
If you are not managing your type 2 diabetes, it would increase the risk
of diabetes-related complications.
Some of the more common risks associated with type 2 diabetes:
Kidney Disease The kidneys filter the waste products from
the body.
Diabetes can damage the kidneys, leading to failure.
Nerve Damage
Nerve damage (neuropathy) can be caused by Diabetes, which can affect feelings
in arms, hands, legs or feet, and cause you to lose sensitivity to pain.
Severe nerve damage can lead to limb amputation.
Foot
Complications
Foot ulcers nerve damage to the feet, infections and loss of blood flow
resulting in possible amputation can be caused by Diabetes.
Heart Disease and Stroke
Near about two-thirds of the people with diabetes die of heart
disease or stroke
Diabetes carries an increased risk for heart attack and stroke related to
poor circulation.
Two to four times of people with diabetes more likely to suffer from strokes.
Skin Complications
Itching, diabetic blisters bacterial and fungus infections are
the range of skin disorders which can be caused by Diabetes.
Eye
Complications
Eye problems can be cause by Diabetes and may lead to blindness.
Up to 24,000 people every year lose their sight to diabetes. The risk of
diabetes-related complications can be lowered by managing the diabetes every
day, although the disease mentioned above are serious.
Avandia
is used to treat type II diabetes; Patients with type II
diabetes cannot make enough insulin, and the cells of their body do not
respond normally to the reduced amounts of insulin that are present. (Insulin
is the hormone produced by the pancreas that stimulates cells to remove
glucose from the blood). Anti-diabetes medicines, including metformin or
insulin, as part of a diet and exercise program may be used in combination
with this medicine for treatment. |
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