Why do diabetics have things amputated?

Question

I am not a diabetic and thank God I am not but I am so confused on this because I thought diabetes was kind of like a blood disorder or something like that, doing research I found that over 5 great actors/actresses died from complications of diabetes including one of my favorites Mabel King who played Evilene on the Wiz and then Esther Rolle from Good times but what I didn't know was that they were amputees. I mean what causes them to go blind and lose their arms and legs and stuff like that if diabetes only effects the amount of sugar and insulin you have in your system

Sorry I know I sound retarded lol

Answer 1

do not think you are retarded because you can only learn if you ask questions.

i was a type one diabetic i got it when i was 7 years old. i never had control of my blood sugars and that s why i had so many problems. it was just because i wanted to e like everyone else.

i lost my left leg because i had a blister on my heel that would never heal. the infection went into my bone and i ended up with gain Greene which caused my amputation. it is from poor circulations and not having control over your blood sugar.

i also ma legally blind nd i had total kidney failure in 2000 but after i went on dialysis i got on a donor transplant list and i received a kidney and A pancreas so i am no longer a diabetic but the damage i had already done to my body will never get better.

o lost my left leg about 4 years ago and it was a Long healing process because as a diabetic you heal a lot slower. but now i am up and using an artificial leg and doing pretty well. you can e mail me if you want any more information i will do my best to help you understand.

Answer 2

Amputations Due To Diabetes

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Answer 5

My dad is a diabetic he's never had a limb amputated but two of my uncles have and my grandfather they all had diabetes. Diabetes is when there isn't enough insulin in your body and your blood doesn't flow right. Must people who have diabetes and they get a limb amputated is because they don't have any blood going to the place were they got the limb amputated that entitles that your limb is going to basically be cold and numb 24/7 eventually the limb will get gang green and it'll eeventually fall off so you have to go see a doctor to get the limb amputated. Most of the body parts that are amputated are the legs arms feets toes fingers I hope all this information helps you out it's a great question.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Diabetes is a particularly nasty disease. It is progressive-no cure and as it progresses it destroys your body. One problem is that it cause your veins to clog and that is usually recognized as heart disease, but it also affects all of your other organs. Small veins are destroyed and that can cause blindness and also large veins can have problems and that leads to kidney disease, heart disease, and slow circulation in your extremities like toes, then feet, then legs. Nerve endings also become impaired so that you can't feel things. You can have a silent heart attack and not know you had one. Or you can injure a foot, for example, and not know it. Without good foot care, the injury would go unnoticed, become infected, get gangrene and have to be removed. You can also have very slow circulation so that your blood does not cleanse your cells and get gangrene that way and your parts just rot. It's a very nasty slow disease that just keeps coming so my advice to you is eat balanced meals and try to keep your weight in line with your height. That way you stand a much better chance of not getting it. You know anything you don't understand enough about you can just search the internet and find out what you want to know. There is so much information out there right along with a bunch of wierdos, so be careful.

Answer 8

It does cause problems with circulation especially in the legs and feet and problems with nerves that make it so that you can't feel certain things. A lot of diabetics start with some kind of infection in a limb that turns to gangrene and then eventually ends up in amputation. DIabetes affects every organ in your system including your eyes and everything. It attacks your whole body.

Answer 9

Diabetes is a pancreatic disesase where you have strict limits on sugar intake or none at all, it also involves the circulatory system.

Your pancreas will produce little or no insulin to help break down the foods you eat. It depends on the severity of your diabetes.

I have a family history of Type 1, 3 relatives of mine have type 1 out of all 8 children in the family. One of them is wearing medical boots and using a walker to get herself around in, the 2nd has diabetes (not sure what her issues are). and the 3rd has severe diabetes, had to have pancreas in-plant done years ago, didn't have kids because they thought it would be risky to her diabetes.

The severity of diabetes varies person to person. A person can die from diabetes if they don't take care of themselves.

Take care of yourself.

Answer 10

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