Some of the
common diabetes complications are heart attack, stroke, blindness,
kidney disease, loss of a toe or
foot, and erectile dysfunction. But can be avoided by strict diabetes
care.
Diabetes
complications
Diabetes
complications are begins with blood vessel
and nerve damages, which is caused due to high level
of glucose in blood (uncontrolled diabetes), prolonged
diabetes,
high cholesterol level and high pressure. Nerve damages of the
respective organs are the root
cause of diabetes complications.
- Uncontrolled
diabetes can harm the nerves in your
body causing diabetic neuropathy.
- Heart
disease, stroke, heart attack are all caused by blockage of blood
vessels causing lack of oxygen in extreme case breakage of blood
vessels may happen.
- Diabetic
retinopathy caused due to blood
vessel damage in retina causing lack of blood circulation thus lack of
oxygen to nourish retina and in extreme cause leakage of blood in
retina.
- Diabetic
Gastroparesis is disorder of stomach
that takes too long to empty its contents it is caused by vagus nerve
damage.
- Diabetes
kidney disease are caused due to small
blood vessel of kidney get damaged due to long run of high blood
glucose.
- Erectile
dysfunction or impotence is due to
over all nerve damage, and also may be nerves in penis.
- Urinary
incontinence, over active bladder,
bladder problems are all caused by nerve damage due to prolonged high
blood glucose.
- Urinary
tract infection is also caused by nerve damage, but it is not directly
related with nerve cause. Due to Diabetic Gastroparesis the food
emptying is delayed, thus bacteria start growing and on it way it
causes urinary tract infection. Also due to long term diabetes immune
system loss it capacity thus not able to fight the infection.
Then
how to safe gaurd against diabetes complications, it is simple be
strict in your diabetes care and maintain your blood sugar level and
A1C near normal.
