What can diabetes do to your body?

Answer 1

If you have Diabetes, prolonged blood sugar extremes can cause you to lose consciousness. This is known as a diabetic coma. Both very high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) and very low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) can lead to a diabetic coma. Left untreated, a diabetic coma is a life-threatening condition.

If your blood sugar level tops 600 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), the condition is known as diabetic hyperosmolar syndrome. When your blood sugar gets this high, your blood becomes thick and syrupy. The excess sugar passes from your blood into your urine, which triggers a filtering process that draws tremendous amounts of fluid from your body.

Left untreated, diabetic hyperosmolar syndrome can lead to life-threatening dehydration. Prompt medical care is essential.

Diabetic ketoacidosis is a serious complication of diabetes mellitus. In this condition, insufficient insulin levels in the body result in high blood sugar (glucose) and the buildup of substances called ketones in the blood (ketoacidosis). Left untreated, diabetic ketoacidosis leads to coma and eventual death.

Many people with diabetes eventually develop some form of nerve damage, a condition known as diabetic neuropathy.

Diabetes affects your body from head to toes. This includes your eyes. The most common and most serious eye complication of diabetes is diabetic retinopathy, which may result in poor vision or even blindness.

Diabetic foot is an umbrella term for foot problems in patients with diabetes mellitus. Due to arterial abnormalities and diabetic neuropathy, as well as a tendency to delayed wound healing, infection or gangrene of the foot is relatively common.

Diabetic nephropathy (nephropatia diabetica), also known as Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome and intercapillary glomerulonephritis, is a progressive kidney disease caused by angiopathy of capillaries in the kidney glomeruli. It is characterized by nephrotic syndrome and nodular glomerulosclerosis. It is due to longstanding diabetes mellitus, and is a prime cause for dialysis in many Western countries.

Cranial mononeuropathy III is a complication of diabetes that leads to double vision and eyelid drooping.

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Answer 2

Diabetes is a condition that occurs when the body makes little to no insulin, or is insulin resistant.

Type 1: is usually diagnosed in childhood but recently has been found later in life as well. It is when the body produces little or no insulin. Daily injections of insulin are usually prescribed. It can be done manually, but there are also insulin pumps that can be inserted.

Type 2: usually diagnosed later in life but because of the increase in obesity and the decrease in the activity level of general America it is also being diagnosed earlier in life. It occurs when the body doesn't make enough insulin for the blood glucose level to remain normal. Injections are not as common with Type 2 DM. It can usually be controlled with diet and exercise.

Gestational diabetes can occur in some pregnant women and it increase tha chances of contraction Type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease later in life.

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Answer 3

People with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes are at a much higher risk than the general population for damage to the eyes, kidney, nerves, and blood vessels. Because of these serious risk factors, the American Diabetes Association recommends regular screening for early signs of damage. Many of these side effects can be delayed or avoided altogether through careful blood sugar control. In addition, a recent study has found that lowering blood sugar levels also lowers treatment costs for people with Type 2 diabetes.

How does Blood Sugar Cause Damage?

In people with diabetes, sugar (glucose) accumulates in the blood to very high levels. The excess glucose can attach to proteins in the blood vessels and alter their normal structure and function. One effect of this is that the vessels become thicker and less elastic, making it hard for blood to squeeze through.

Answer 4

Because the cells of the body do not receive the nourishment required for normal function and blood circulation is restricted, the entire body can not function properly. This leads to failure of every system throughout the body especially the kidneys and eyes. The body is not satisfied with the quality or quantity of the blood and struggles to function but in the end it can't survive under these conditions. Actions can be taken to correct the situation but it's not easy. Check out the link below for more details.

Answer 5

I am a 12 year old diabetic that has been diagnosed for 6 years now. Depending on the type of diabetes you either take shots of insulin out of syringes, pens, or pumps, or you simply take pills. Type 1 diabetes is when yourPancreas completely shuts down and no longer produces insulin, this is what I have. Type 2 is most common in over weight people, this is when the Pancreas doesn't work correctly. Type 1 isn't caused from too much sugar, your Pancreas is simply "unlucky".

Answer 6

Diabetes is related to broken balance of blood sugar in our body. Sugar is the main source of energy for our body cells. So, when the balance is broken, our body cells are not working properly as they lack sugar (it does not enter body cells but is accumulated in the bloodstream).

Diabetes affects four organs of human body precisely :-

1) Heart

2) Kydney

3) Eye

4) Foot

It varies person to person with genetical background which one will particularly affect him. So, fight should start from day one against this silent killer for those already affected. Even those not having,should go for regular periodic check up of blood sugar level to remain stress free.

Answer 7

diabetes can slow down your body quik; and it puts you in a position were you are always going to have watch the sugar you eat and you would have to exercise very frequently to keep yourself healthy<3 lol duhh

Answer 8

Primary effect: Diabetes is a shortage of insulin, the hormone that allows the body to absorb glucose for fuel, from the blood into the cells.

Short term effect: Diabetes causes starvation of the body's cells, forcing it to switch to alternate fuels which themselves have side-effects. Meanwhile the cells call for more glucose, the body adds more of it to the blood, and (since there's not enough insulin), the glucose concentration in the blood rises and stays high.

Medium-term effect (untreated): Body slowly starves, unable to reach fuel. Meanwhile, high blood sugar causes oxidative stress (burning) to tissues in the blood vessels, causing feverish feeling, numbness, vision problems. In some cases, the alternative fuels (ketones) in the blood exceed critical levels and begin to poison and dehydrate the body, see Diabetic Ketoacidosis.

Long-term effect (untreated): Either Diabetic Ketoacidosis (leading to coma and death) or starvation.

Medium-term effect (poorly treated): Increasing damage to blood vessels, nerves, kidneys. Extremities and eyes incur cumulative damage. Pancreas is damaged leading to further reduction of insulin production, causing diabetic deterioration.

Long-term effect (poorly treated): Blood vessels and nerves die in the extremities, leading to amputations. Retinopathy and cataracts lead to blindness. Kidneys and cardiovascular system become weaker and eventually give out.

Answer 9

If you eat a slice of cake or get really mad or happy, your sugar level will rocket sky high.