This is the largest and most common type of diabetes.
These include pain, numbness, heat in the legs, irregular heartbeat and breathing, and possible stroke if not treated early.
Neurological complications
Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness. High blood sugar damages the capillary system under the eyes. Gradually, a diabetic's vision is affected, leading to blindness.
Eye complications
Cardiovascular complications
Cardiovascular complications such as hyperlipidemia, high blood pressure, peripheral atherosclerosis causing embolism are inevitable consequences of diabetes and the main cause of heart failure and stroke.
Kidney complications
High blood sugar can damage the blood vessels in the kidneys, thereby reducing kidney filtration, leading to kidney failure.
Kidney complications
Complications of diabetes can include foot ulcers that lead to amputation.
Diabetic patients with foot ulcers are 10 to 15 times more likely to require amputation than the general population.
In particular, when superinfected, ulcerative lesions increase the risk of amputation in diabetic patients
Dangerous complications of diabetes