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Diabetes Complications

What is diabetes?

If you have diabetes, your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. Glucose comes from the foods you eat. A hormone called insulin helps the glucose get into your cells to give them energy. With type 1 diabetes, your body does not make insulin. With type 2 diabetes, your body does not make or use insulin well. Without enough insulin, the glucose stays in your blood.

What health problems can diabetes cause?

Over time, having too much glucose in your blood can cause complications, including:

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  1. Diabetes Complications (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is diabetes? If you have diabetes, your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. Glucose comes from the foods you eat. A hormone called ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/diabetescomplications.html - Health Topics
  2. Diabetes - preventing heart attack and stroke 
    People with diabetes have a higher chance of having heart attacks and strokes than those without diabetes. Smoking and having high ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000080.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. ClinicalTrials.gov: Diabetes Complications From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Diabetes Complications/Clinical Trials ... Diabetes Complications
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  4. Diabetes Care: 10 Ways to Avoid Diabetes Complications (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Diabetes Complications/Prevention and Risk Factors
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../diabetes-management/ART-20045803?p=1 - External Health Links
  5. Prevent Diabetes Complications (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Diabetes Complications/Start Here ... Diabetes Complications
    https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/managing/problems.html - External Health Links
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  7. Diabetes and Skin Complications (American Diabetes Association)  
    Diabetes Complications/Specifics
    https://diabetes.org/about-diabetes/complications/skin-complications - External Health Links
  8. Cholesterol and Diabetes Video (American Heart Association)  
    ... Attack and Stroke Symptoms Home Health Topics Diabetes Diabetes Complications and Risks Cholesterol and Diabetes Cholesterol and Diabetes ... Last Reviewed: Apr 2, 2024 Diabetes About Diabetes Diabetes Complications and Risks Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Cholesterol and ...
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  9. Diabetic Ketoacidosis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Diabetes Complications/Specifics ... Diabetes Complications
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../symptoms-causes/syc-20371551?p=1 - External Health Links
  10. Diabetes 
    ... other serious problems. These problems are known as diabetes complications, and include: Eye problems , including trouble seeing (especially ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001214.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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