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It more just highlights how significant long-standing exposure to diabetes can affect your health in so many different ways.” – Yu-Ming Ni, MD View the original article on Medical News Today
Obesity has been found to contribute to approximately 55% of cases of type 2 diabetes; [10] chronic obesity leads to increased insulin resistance that can develop into type 2 diabetes, [11] most likely because adipose tissue (especially that in the abdomen around internal organs) is a source of several chemical signals, hormones and cytokines, to other tissues.
The complications of diabetes can dramatically impair quality of life and cause long-lasting disability. Overall, complications are far less common and less severe in people with well-controlled blood sugar levels. [3] [4] [5] Some non-modifiable risk factors such as age at diabetes onset, type of diabetes, gender, and genetics may influence risk.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. Group of endocrine diseases characterized by high blood sugar levels This article is about the common insulin disorder. For the urine hyper-production disorder, see Diabetes insipidus. For other uses, see Diabetes (disambiguation). Medical condition Diabetes mellitus Universal blue ...
The psychometric performance of the EQ-5D, SF-6D and the Diabetes Health Profile (DHP-18) in Type 2 diabetes. Value in Health, 2012; 15(7), A504. Mulhern B, Meadows K. The validation of the diabetes health profile (DHP-18) and the development of a brief measure of health related quality of life in diabetes (DHP-12). Value in Health, 2012; 15(4 ...
A diet high in plant fibre was recommended by James Anderson. [34] This may be understood as continuation of the work of Denis Burkitt and Hugh Trowell on dietary fibre, [35] which may be understood as a continuation of the work of Price. [36] It is still recommended that people with diabetes consume a diet that is high in dietary fiber.
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Chronic hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) injures the heart in patients without a history of heart disease or diabetes and is strongly associated with heart attacks and death in subjects with no coronary heart disease or history of heart failure. [22] Also, a life-threatening consequence of hyperglycemia can be nonketotic hyperosmolar syndrome. [16]