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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

  • Erectile dysfunction

  • Urinary tract infection

  • Foot ulcers

 

Severe/Long-Term

  • Diabetic ketoacidosis

  • Diabetic coma

  • Nonketotic hyperosmolar coma

  • Peripheral neuropathy 

  • Eye damage/blindness

  • Heart disease

  • Stroke

  • Kidney disease/failure

  • Nerve damage

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