Peripheral neuropathy is a long-term complication of diabetes, both type 1 and type 2. It’s caused by prolonged exposure to excessive blood glucose levels and affects the nerves of the extremities, most commonly the feet and lower legs. The longer a person has diabetes, the greater the risk of painful neuropathy.
Symptoms of neuropathy include numbness, [...]

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In diabetes, the body lacks a normal supply of insulin to remove glucose from the blood, or the tissues are resistant to insulin. This creates two problems: high blood glucose levels and a lack of stored glucose, the body’s major fuel source.
The difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes lies in the cause of [...]

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Different delivery options are also available. Traditional insulin therapy uses injections, either via syringes or insulin pens. These pens can be easier to use than syringes and look very much like writing pens. Frequency and dosing depend on glucose levels and the type of insulin prescribed. Patients may also need to increase fingerstick monitoring for [...]

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People with type 1 diabetes require supplemental insulin because their bodies can no longer produce insulin themselves. However, type 2 diabetes is different. Less than one-third of those with type 2 diabetes take insulin. The CDC puts the number at about 28%.Some experts have long believed that more patients with type 2 diabetes should be [...]

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Insulin is a hormone that helps move glucose from out of our blood and into our cells so that we can use the glucose for energy. The glucose comes from most of the food that we eat.In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas no longer releases insulin, so the glucose keeps circulating in the blood with [...]

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Treating diabetes with natural cures is a piece of cake because what
causes diabetes anyways is poor lifestyle choices. Diabetes isn’t a
disease in the typical sense. You don’t “catch” diabetes, you acquire
it through lifestyle choices. So, obviously the best way to treat
diabetes is with natural cures, not toxic drugs. Here are 12 ways you
can treat diabetes [...]

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How You Can Control Your Blood Sugar?
Excess sugar and stress are the two main cause of diabetes. This
excess sugar causes the pancreas to secrete high levels of insulin.
Insulin removes this excess sugar out of the bloodstream, converts it
to fat and stores it in fat cells.
What’s the cause of insulin resistance?
Insulin becomes less efficient to process [...]

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Diabetic retinopathy is progressive damage to the eye’s retina caused by long-term diabetes. It can cause blindness.
Alternative Names
Retinopathy - diabetic
Causes
Diabetic retinopathy is caused by damage to blood vessels of the retina, the light-sensitive outer layer of the eye.
It is classified as non-proliferative or proliferative.

Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy is the early stage of the disease and is [...]

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Diabetic nephropathy is a complication of diabetes. If you have this condition, your kidney loses its ability to function properly. The condition is characterized by high protein levels in the urine.
Alternative Names
Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease; Diabetic glomerulosclerosis; Diabetic kidney disease
Causes
Each kidney is made of hundreds of thousands of units called nephrons. Each nephron has a cluster of [...]

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