Complication of diabetes mellitus

• Healthy Living • • • • • • • • • Health Topics • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Professionals • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • About Us • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Get Involved • • • • • • • • Ways To Give • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • CPR • • • • • • • • • • • The effect diabetes has on the body happens slowly, and can often progress without notice. Over time, having too much glucose (sugar) in the blood can damage a number of organs. These are often referred to as “complications” of diabetes. If you have been told you have prediabetes, you can take important healthy steps now to reduce your risk of developing a number of health problems: Heart and blood vessel damage Nerve damage Over time, high blood sugar levels can damage nerves, a condition called diabetic neuropathy. This can lead to numbness in the fingers, hands, toes and feet or tingling, burning or shooting pains that usually begins at the fingers or toes and spread upwards. Symptoms of this nerve damage can also include vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, problems with sexual function, dizziness, and other symptoms. Kidney damage The kidneys filter about a half cup of blood every minute, removing wastes and extra fluid from your body. Over time, diabetes can damage your kidneys so they no longer work effectively, requiring either dialysis or a transplant. Eye damage Damage to the blood vessels in the eye can eventually lead to blindness and increases the risk of cataracts...

Diabetes can cause your blood sugar to be too high or too low. This can lead to kidney disease, nerve damage, and conditions that affect your skin, eyes, and feet. Diabetes is a lifelong condition that requires ongoing attention. Without proper management, it can lead to several potentially severe complications. If you have diabetes, it’s important to routinely monitor your blood sugar. No matter how careful you may be, it’s still possible that a problem might arise. This article details the different complications that can occur in diabetes. There are Acute complications require emergency care. Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and ketoacidosis (the buildup of acid in your blood as a result of high blood sugar) are examples of acute complications. If left untreated, these conditions can lead to: • • • death Without proper management, diabetes can also lead to chronic complications. Diabetes causes high blood sugar. Over time and without proper treatment, this can damage various organs, including your: • • • • Unmanaged diabetes can also cause nerve damage. This complication of diabetes occurs when your body cannot use sugar, or glucose, as a fuel source because your body has no insulin or not enough insulin. Ketoacidosis is If your cells do not get enough energy, your body begins to break down fat. Potentially toxic acids called ketone bodies, which are byproducts of fat breakdown, then build up in your body. This can lead to: • • • Diabetes can damage blood vessels in your ...

Diabetes may affect the musculoskeletal system in a variety of ways. The metabolic perturbations in diabetes (including glycosylation of proteins; microvascular abnormalities with damage to blood vessels and nerves; and collagen accumulation in skin and periarticular structures) result in changes in the connective tissue. Musculoskeletal complications are most commonly seen in patients with a longstanding history of type 1 diabetes, but they are also seen in patients with type 2 diabetes. Some of the complications have a known direct association with diabetes, whereas others have a suggested but unproven association. This article will review the musculoskeletal and rheumatological manifestations commonly seen in patients with diabetes ( Hands Hands are a target for several diabetes-related complications. Diabetic cheiroarthropathy, also known as diabetic stiff hand syndrome or limited joint mobility syndrome, is found in 8–50% of all patients with type 1 diabetes and is also seen in type 2 diabetic patients. The prevalence increases with duration of diabetes. This condition is associated with and predictive of other diabetic complications. This syndrome is characterized by thick, tight, waxy skin reminiscent of scleroderma. Limited joint range of motion (inability to fully flex or extend the fingers) and sclerosis of tendon sheaths are also seen. The underlying cause is thought to be multifactorial. Increased glycosylation of collagen in the skin and periarticular tissue, ...