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  2. Diabetes: Everything You Need to Know, from Symptoms to ... - AOL

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    When blood sugar levels aren’t managed, untreated diabetes symptoms can lead to several complications throughout the body. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), these can include ...

  3. Uncommon Signs of Diabetes Doctors Want You to Know - AOL

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    Diabetes is a condition that won’t go away on its own, and it will only get worse with time, especially if it’s left untreated, says Christoph Buettner, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the division of ...

  4. Prediabetes: Everything You Need to Know, From Symptoms to ...

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    Prediabetes, often considered the step before diabetes, is when you have higher than usual blood glucose (blood sugar) levels. Your levels aren’t high enough to be classified as type 2 diabetes.

  5. Complications of diabetes - Wikipedia

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    However, diabetes does cause higher morbidity, mortality and operative risks with these conditions. [41] Diabetic foot, often due to a combination of sensory neuropathy (numbness or insensitivity) and vascular damage, increases rates of skin ulcers (diabetic foot ulcers) and infection and, in serious cases, necrosis and gangrene. It is why it ...

  6. Diabetes - Wikipedia

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    Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels. [10] [11] Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough insulin, or the cells of the body becoming unresponsive to the hormone's effects. [12]

  7. Ketoacidosis - Wikipedia

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    The most common cause of ketoacidosis is a deficiency of insulin in type 1 diabetes or late-stage type 2 diabetes. This is called diabetic ketoacidosis and is characterized by hyperglycemia, dehydration and metabolic acidosis. Other electrolyte disturbances such as hyperkalemia and hyponatremia may also be present.

  8. What Is Diabetes: Risk Factors & Treatment - AOL

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    Diabetes is a condition that causes blood sugar levels to become higher than normal. This is due to problems with how the body makes or uses insulin, the hormone that manages blood sugar (glucose ...

  9. Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state - Wikipedia

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    The main risk factor is a history of diabetes mellitus type 2. [4] Occasionally it may occur in those without a prior history of diabetes or those with diabetes mellitus type 1. [3] [4] Triggers include infections, stroke, trauma, certain medications, and heart attacks. [4] Other risk factors: Lack of sufficient insulin (but enough to prevent ...