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Type 1 and 2 diabetes was estimated to cause $10.5 billion in annual medical costs ($875 per month per diabetic) and an additional $4.4 billion in indirect costs ($366 per month per person with diabetes) in the U.S. [138] In the United States $245 billion every year is attributed to diabetes. Individuals diagnosed with diabetes have 2.3 times ...
San Jerónimo, Guatemala 50 km walk (road) 4:13:56 A: Mirna Ortíz: 24 February 2019 Central American Race Walking Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala [38] 4 × 100 m relay: 46.3 h Guatemala Patricia Quiñónez Akil Arévalo Patricia Meigham Christa Schumann: 20 July 1982 Mexico City, Mexico 4 × 400 m relay: 3:53.83 Guatemala Rosana ...
Diabetes is the leading known cause of neuropathy in developed countries, and neuropathy is the most common complication and greatest source of morbidity and mortality in diabetes. A systematic review has found that diabetic peripheral neuropathy affects 30% of diabetes patients. [ 1 ]
[5]: 6 However, starting in 1999, the health care system was improved with increased government spending and aid. [5]: 6 Although this was a drastic improvement from the times of war, the system was still insufficient and did not come close to meeting all of the needs of the Guatemalan people.
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Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, non-traumatic lower-limb amputations, and blindness in adults. Approximately 37.3 million adults currently have diabetes, of which 8.5 million remain undiagnosed. [1] Diabetes cost the United States approximately $327 billion in direct medical costs and lost productivity in 2017. [1] [2]
Type 3 diabetes is a proposed pathological linkage between Alzheimer's disease and certain features of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. [1] Specifically, the term refers to a set of common biochemical and metabolic features seen in the brain in Alzheimer's disease, and in other tissues in diabetes; [1] [2] it may thus be considered a "brain-specific type of diabetes."
[1] Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition in which the body becomes resistant to the normal effects of insulin and/or gradually loses the capacity to produce enough insulin in the pancreas. [2] Pre-diabetes means that the blood sugar level is higher than normal but not yet high enough to be type 2 diabetes. [3]