Diabetes long-term complications begin to appear gradually. The risk of problems increases as you live with diabetes for a longer period of time and as your blood sugar is less under control.
Diabetes complications can be fatal or even incapacitating. Pre-diabetes can cause type 2 diabetes in some cases. Among the potential issues:
Damage to the kidneys: The kidneys have millions of small blood vessels that filter waste from the blood. The sensitive filtering system may also begin to suffer from this diabetes.
Damage to the Eye's Blood Vessels: Diabetes can harm the eye's blood vessels, which can result in blindness.
Foot damage: Many foot issues are made more likely by nerve injury in the feet or by the poor blood supply to the feet.
