Type 2 diabetes complications: Serious, but preventable
With type 2 diabetes, you no doubt know about worst-case scenarios if you don’t manage your disease. But those outcomes are rare—and very preventable. “Just because you have diabetes doesn’t mean you will lose your sight or your kidneys or your legs,” says Aaron Cypess, MD, PhD, an investigator at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. “None of these things has to happen. You can stop or reverse the progression and get back your quality of life.”
But what’s equally important is learning about the type 2 diabetes complications that can happen when diabetes isn’t controlled.
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