What complications can result from Type 2 diabetes?

Complications

• Heart and blood vessel disease.
• Nerve damage (neuropathy) in limbs.
• Other nerve damage.
• Kidney disease.
• Eye damage.
• Skin conditions.
• Slow healing.
• Hearing impairment.

How do drugs affect diabetes?

Drugs and diabetes Some drugs make you lose your appetite and move around more, which can lead to a hypo. Others slow you down and can make you eat more or feel really low the next day, so you might not manage your blood glucose as well.

What is the most common complication of type 2 diabetes?

Here are six common complications of type 2 diabetes and steps you can take to lower your risk.

1. Heart disease. People with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
2. Stroke.
3. Kidney disease.
4. High blood pressure.
5. Eye damage.
6. Foot problems.

What are some of the main complications that could affect patients with diabetes?

Possible complications include:

• Cardiovascular disease.
• Nerve damage (neuropathy).
• Kidney damage (nephropathy).
• Eye damage (retinopathy).
• Foot damage.
• Skin conditions.
• Hearing impairment.
• Alzheimer’s disease.

What is the number one complication of diabetes?

Nerve damage (neuropathy): One of the most common diabetes complications, nerve damage can cause numbness and pain. Nerve damage most often affects the feet and legs but can also affect your digestion, blood vessels, and heart.

What are three common complications from long term diabetes?

Cutting straight to the chase, the main long term complications of diabetes include:

• Heart disease.
• Kidney damage – known as nephropathy.
• Eye damage – called retinopathy.
• Nerve damage – known as neuropathy.
• Stroke.
• Limb amputations.

How is type 2 diabetes caused?

It’s caused by problems with a chemical in the body (hormone) called insulin. It’s often linked to being overweight or inactive, or having a family history of type 2 diabetes.

What are the 4 most common leading complications of diabetes?

Here are the four most common complications associated with diabetes:

1. Heart disease. A diabetic has twice a non-diabetic’s likelihood of dying of heart disease, including stroke.
2. Foot problems. Diabetes reduces circulation.
3. Kidney disease. Diabetes is the foremost cause of kidney disease.
4. Eye problems.

What is considered uncontrolled type 2 diabetes?

Uncontrolled diabetes is when your blood sugar levels are consistently above 180 ml/dl or higher. It can lead to life-threatening complications such as diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), heart attack, or stroke. Chronically high blood sugar levels can damage nerves, blood vessels, and vital organs.

How does type 2 diabetes affect a person’s daily life?

How does diabetes affect my body? When diabetes is not well controlled, the level of sugar in your blood goes up. High blood sugar can cause damage to many parts of your body, including your eyes, heart, feet, nerves, and kidneys. Diabetes can also cause high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries.

Can methamphetamine cause diabetes?

Meth does not cause diabetes directly from the use of the drug. However methamphetamine breaks down in your body going through the liver than through the kidneys. If you have liver or kidney issues,it could cause your pancreas to not produce enough insulin to break down sugar.

Does meth leave the body?

OK, let’s start with your question about meth leaving the body: Yes, it does leave the body. But as to your companion question of how long it takes, that, as it turns out, is a trickier question.

Is methamphetamine use a crime?

“I requested a show of hands: ninety percent of the audience defined methamphetamine use as a crime,” the author writes. “The response from our legal system agrees with the audience. The penal system has increased exponentially as a consequence to the definition of methamphetamine addiction as a crime.”

Is Breaking Bad’s ‘meth’ good enough?

Breaking Bad has done enough on that front. With the obligatory “Don’t Do Meth or Any Illegal Drug” out of the way, and in keeping with our Ask D’Mine charter that no question is off limits, I’m happy to talk meth with you, so to speak.