Remember Complications of Diabetes
More than 220 million people worldwide affected by diabetes. Cause, if traced backwards due to the increasing number of people suffering from overweight, obesity and physical inactivity (sedentari lifestyle).
With these conditions, diabetes is predicted to be seven main causes of death in the world in 2030. With total mortality associated with diabetes is projected to increase to more than 50 percent in the next 10 years.
Over time, diabetes can damage the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves. A number of these consequences include: – Diabetes increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. Approximately 50 percent of diabetics die of cardiovascular disease, especially heart disease and stroke.
- Combined with reduced blood flow, neuropathy in the feet increases the risk of ulcers in the leg and ended up with amputation.
- Diabetic Retinopathy become an important cause of blindness and occurs due to long-term accumulative damage fine blood vessels in the retina. After 15 years of diabetes, approximately two percent of diabetics become blind and about 10 percent will experience poor vision problems.
- Diabetes is a major cause of kidney failure. As many as 10-20 percent of diabetics die of kidney failure.
- Diabetic neuropathy is nerve damage due to diabetes. This happened to 50 percent of diabetics.
- The overall risk of death among diabetics doubled compared with peers who live without diabetes
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