Diabetes and Endocrine Disorders

Preventing Diabetes Problems

Preventing diabetes can lead to serious illness and even death, which is why prevention is so important. Diabetes complications can be divided into two categories:

• Acute (Sudden)
• Chronic (long-term)

Acute Complications

• Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
• Hyperglycaemia and hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome (HHNS)

Diabetes complications can occur at any time in the course of the disease.

Chronic Complications

• Cardiovascular: Heart Disease, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Stroke
• Eyes: Diabetic Retinopathy, Cataracts, Glaucoma
• Nerve Damage: Neuropathy
• Kidney Damage: Nephropathy

Most Diabetes Related Chronic Diseases and Complications lead to death. It always makes sense to appear after the blood sugar level rises a few years later. If patients with type 2 diabetes may have elevated blood glucose levels several years before diagnosis, these patients may have signs of complications at the time of diabetes.