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Living With Type 1 Diabetes
COMPLICATIONS
It’s easy to get frustrated with managing diabetes and allow blood glucose levels to run to high or low without properly monitoring them. But managing type 1 diabetes is about short-term pain for long-term gain; you don’t want to develop serious issues later in life and wish you had the discipline to practice self-care when you had the chance. The complication of type 1 diabetes are severe and debilitating and should be taken very seriously.
Why It's Important To Manage Diabetes:
Mild/Short-Term
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Erectile dysfunction
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Urinary tract infection
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Foot ulcers
Severe/Long-Term
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Diabetic ketoacidosis
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Diabetic coma
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Nonketotic hyperosmolar coma
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Peripheral neuropathy
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Eye damage/blindness
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Heart disease
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Stroke
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Kidney disease/failure
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Nerve damage
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