Do not be afraid of diabetes, complications may be fatal! Remember to stay away from these 5 complications
At present, although diabetes cannot be cured, it is possible to regulate and control blood sugar levels through the joint action of drugs and lifestyles, delay or prevent the arrival of complications, and improve the quality of life of diabetic patients.
The scary thing about diabetes as a chronic disease is that if the blood sugar is not well controlled, it will cause damage to various organs of the human body, and in severe cases, life will be lost. The following are common complications of diabetes, I hope everyone pays attention to understanding and strengthens their awareness of diabetes.
- Diabetic eye disease.
Diabetic ophthalmopathy is a typical representative of the complications of microvascular disease. Its specific manifestations are the gradual decline of visual acuity, blurred vision, dark shadows in front of the eyes, and even fundus hemorrhage. Once the patient finds that he has related symptoms, he must go to the hospital to check the condition of the lesion, especially if he has the symptoms of fundus hemorrhage, he should treat it early, so as not to delay the disease and delay the large area of fundus hemorrhage, which may lead to blindness.
- Diabetic foot.
Diabetic foot is a complication that costs more to treat and brings more pain to patients. Diabetic foot is a tissue necrosis and ulcer caused by long-term insufficient blood supply to the lower extremities. The most painful thing is that diabetic foot will lead to the choice of amputation for some people, which has a relatively high disability rate and causes great physical and mental harm to patients.
- Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Macrovascular disease in patients with diabetes can easily induce coronary heart disease, cerebral infarction and peripheral vascular disease. Although these diseases are not unique complications of diabetes, on the basis of diabetes, it will cause more serious harm to the patient's body. The disease is much more severe than in the general population, and the prognosis for treatment is poorer.
Fourth, diabetic neuropathy.
Neuropathy caused by diabetes mainly includes central neuropathy and peripheral neuropathy, among which peripheral neuropathy is more common. If the patient has poor blood sugar control for a long time, the more representative peripheral neuropathy is the sensory neuropathy of the foot, which will cause the foot to lose its sense of external damage. Even if the foot is cut or scalded, it may not feel any pain. , which eventually resulted in foot damage and had to be surgically amputated.
- Diabetic nephropathy.
Diabetic nephropathy is also a very serious complication and is the cause of death in many patients. In the early stage of diabetic nephropathy, there is only a small amount of protein in the urine. With the aggravation of the disease, it gradually develops into a large amount of proteinuria, which eventually leads to renal failure. The patient needs dialysis or kidney transplantation to continue to survive, especially if the history of diabetes is more than ten years. The above population, to focus on screening and prevention of this complication.
Medically, diabetes is divided into type 1 and type 2. Type 1 is mainly onset before the age of 35 and has lost the function of secreting insulin; while patients with type 2 still have some insulin secretion function in their body, and their treatment is better than 1. The type is more complex, and more attention needs to be paid to the treatment of insulin resistance while controlling blood sugar. But no matter what type of diabetes it is, controlling blood sugar to prevent complications is the most critical.