Too much sugar in the blood for a long time causes diabetes problems. This high blood sugar can damage many parts of the body, such as the eyes, feet, kidneys, nerves, teeth, heart and blood vessels.
Diabetes problems can be scary, but there is a lot you can do to prevent them or slow them down. This area provides information about the problems caused by diabetes and the things you can do to help prevent or minimize them.
Diabetes and Urologic Problems
Bladder dysfunction can have a profound effect on quality of life. Diabetes can damage the nerves that control bladder function in men and women.
Eat Right to Feel Right on Hemodialysis
If your kidneys have stopped working, hemodialysis removes wastes from your blood. But between sessions, wastes can build up in your blood and make you sick. You can reduce the amount of wastes by watching what you eat and drink. This article will help you choose the right foods.
High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease
Your kidneys play a key role in keeping your blood pressure in a healthy range, and blood pressure, in turn, can affect the health of your kidneys.
Diabetic Neuropathies: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes
Reviews the causes and symptoms of diabetic neuropathy and reviews the different types of neuropathies: peripheral, autonomic, proximal, and focal neuropathies.
Not for Your Eyes Only
In our aging population, more and more older adults will find their independence prematurely ended as eye disease removes their ability to drive, read and pursue favorite hobbies. Two new studies offer hope that healthy eating patterns that may protect our eyes.
Diagnosis of Diabetic Neuropathy
Neuropathy is diagnosed on the basis of symptoms and a physical exam. During the exam, the doctor may check blood pressure and heart rate, muscle strength, reflexes, and sensitivity to position, vibration, temperature, or a light touch.
Keeping Your Eyes Healthy
Learn about the things you can do each day and during each year to stay healthy and prevent eye problems caused by diabetes.
Keeping Your Heart and Blood Vessels Healthy
Learn about what you can do each day and during the year to stay healthy and prevent heart and blood vessel problems caused by diabetes.
Diabetes, What to Know Head to Toe
Diabetes 101: Tips to help you stay healthy while living with diabetes - including your eyes, heart, and your feet.
A Call for Increased Detection: Undiagnosed Diabetes and Related Eye Disease in Mexican-Americans
A research study of the Mexican-American population over age 40 found that the rate of diabetes in this group is 20 percent - almost twice that of non-Hispanic Whites - and that 15 percent of those with diabetes did not know that they had the disease before their participation in the study.
Don't lose sight of Diabetic Eye Disease
Diabetes 101: Diabetic eye disease refers to a group of eye problems that people with diabetes may face as a complication of this disease. All can cause severe vision loss or even blindness.
Causes Of Diabetic Neuropathy
Diabetes 101: Scientists do not know what causes diabetic neuropathy, but several factors are likely to contribute to the disorder.
Millions Don't Know Why Their Feet Hurt
If you have numbness or pain in your hands and feet and don't know why, you may have peripheral neuropathy. But if you're like most Americans, you've probably never heard of this often debilitating disease. A new national survey reveals that, when asked, only 7 percent of adults said they knew about peripheral neuropathy.
