What Are The Complications of Diabetes? 

Diabetes is a disease with serious complications such as blindness, thrombosis, cataract and nephropathy. Therefore, if you're been diagnosed with diabetes, you need to be sure to take care of yourself properly so you can have a normal life.

 Diabetics can become tired quite easily and also experience nausea and heart palpitations. They can frequently be affected by hypoglycemia which can result in the diabetic falling into a coma.

Diabetics may also experience complications resulted in amputations. It's good to know that medical science has discovered many treatments that can help a diabetic lead a normal life. A person that has been diagnosed with diabetes needs to see his or her doctor on a regular basis.

A number of years ago Type 1 Diabetes was a fatal disease. That was before insulin was discovered. Now people diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes can live long and satisfying lives.

Diabetic individuals need to have their disease monitored very closely because they are at risk for blindness and renal disease. And diabetics are also more susceptible to infections.

If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, you need to pay special attention to the condition of your feet since diabetes can lead to diseases of the feet -- such as abscesses. Diabetics are susceptible as well to gangrene, which leads to amputation of infected limbs.

Diabetics can easily have the small blood vessels in the kidneys, eyes and nerves gradually damaged over a period of time because of chronic hyperglycemia. These parts of the body can be adversely affected.

People suffering with diabetes are also more susceptible to having their blood vessels becoming blocked -- with the result that parts of the body such as heart and lungs don't get enough blood supply. This, of course, can lead to premature death.

People diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes can often fall into a coma because of hyperglycemia. This is probably due to the lack of enough insulin being injected into their bodies.

Sometimes a diabetic individual cannot use glucose anymore as fuel and as a result acidic ketosis occurs. This means that sugar cannot even pass into the cells because of a lack of insulin. Then the body's cells are attacked which can lead to premature death.