what are the long term side effects of diabetes?

Answer 1

Blindness. Needing to have a limb aputated. It is a terrlible disease.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

Go to the NIH website for this info:
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/complications/index.htm

It lists these in the direrctory:
Erectile Dysfunction
Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar)
Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes
Diabetic Retinopathy (Eye Disease)
Stomach Nerve Damage (Gastroparesis)
Kidney Disease of Diabetes
Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That's Right for You
Sexual and Urologic Problems of Diabetes
Feet

Answer 6

Oh God, some of these answers are outrageous.

It depends on how well you manage your blood glucose and what kind of condition you keep yourself in. Read this:

For type I and type II diabetics...

I've found a wonderful book that will help you control your diabetes and minimize or even eliminate the complications. Some folks who became diabetic due to poor diet and obesity are effectively cured by following the advice in this book. I'm a type II, but it helps all types, especially those who became diabetic due to poor eating habits. It's by an author who has really done his homework, Patrick Quillin, Phd. I have tried his suggestions and found them to be very helpful. I have no complications whatsoever and my blood sugar levels are quite stable. Yes, I still have to take Metformin (Glucophage) daily, but it's the minimum dosage (500mg) and I only have to take it twice a day. I have been off Metformin for as much as a week, but this was with vigorous exercise. Many, what I call, non-hereditary type IIs (those that don't have a recent relative who had it) have gotten off medication completely, just with diet, exercise, and supplements. So, in some instances, it most certainly can be 'effectively' cured.

The book explains what's going on in our system and what to do about it. It's really easy and inexpensive. It's basically diet, supplements and exercise. For example, did you know that cinnamon helps blood sugar absorbtion? It also controls cholesterol and triglycerides. This is according to the USDA: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/np/fnrb/fnrb0104.htm#pinch

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Read more about it here:
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Here's another great health site with all kinds of general health information:
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Answer 7

From watching my mom suffer from it I can tell you it's a horrible disease to have. She eventually died from it after having it for 19 years. It affected her heart, liver, kidneys, she had both of her legs amputated, she had vision loss, neuropothy and so much more. It was some what a slow painful death for her. The one disease that scares the s*** out of me the most is diabetes. I'm sorry if you or a loved one has it because right now there is no cure. Just medicines to help.

Answer 8

my dog has taken prednisone for over ten years with regular bloodwork and no side effects ... she is 14 pounds and takes 5 mg every other day ... if her skin gets bad, like right now she is allergic to grass and the grasses are pollinating, her skin is bad and i will give it to her daily for five days and then try to get her back to every other day ... i can not quite remember why the every other day thing is important but i think it has something to do with whatever the prednisone is doing, the body can do as well and if the dog takes pred daily, the body never has a chance to do its thing (i know i did not explain that too well) ... and i have tried everything to deal with her allergies and nothing has worked but prednisone so i use it to keep her comfortable ... weight gain is not inevitable, my dog has maintained a healthy weight her entire life ... the side effects from prednisone and prednisolone are virtually the same according to my vet and prednisone is cheaper ... my dog had bloodwork on april 7, 2010 and after ten years of being on prednisone her liver function tests were all within normal limits ... all her bloodwork came back normal and i paid for everything possible to be checked

Answer 9

Long and short term effects and I got most of them early on..... Blindness, neuropathy, Kidney failure THATS end stage renal failure dialysis (for a very short time because you (I will) die )from a) heart failure. That what I have then there is also liver damage/failure loss of limbs, Stroke, coma and death from low or to high blood sugars Also Big babys for women, and ED for men

Answer 10

It was death for my 20 years of age brother. He had Type 1, Juvenile Diabetes. He had it since he was 12 and he died at 20 because he did not take better care of himself. I miss him.

Answer 11

Possible blindness and loss of legs due to insufficient blood supply, i.e. gangrene starts setting in from the toes upwards, and eventually death. Sorry to sound callous, but that's how my father-in-law went, and I understand that is the general pattern. Go well, and God Bless!