Causes of Diabetes

long term Effects of Diabetes on health

They are thought of as [1] macrovascular (atherosclerotic heart or brain disease, or femoral (thigh) blockage – and [2] microvascular: retinal disease and blindness (retinopathy), microscopic kidney damage [glomerulosclerosis] (nephropathy) and microscopic nerve damage (peripheral neuropathy.

But diabetes is stilll the leading cause of blindness in the US, and with hypertension, the leading cause of kidney failure and dialysis.

[1] macrovascular
*atherosclerotic heart disease
*atherosclerotic brain disease,
*atherosclerotic femoral (thigh) arterial disease

[2] microvascular:
*retinal disease and blindness (retinopathy),
*microscopic kidney damage (nephropathy) and
*microscopic nerve damage (peripheral neuropathy).

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