Medical News Summary: Diabetics need to be aware of possible complications
About: Diabetics need to be aware of possible complications
Date: January 2005
Source: NBC4i
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by NBC4i): Annually, 86,000 of the 17 million diabetics in American undergo limb amputations because of nerve damage or neuropathy caused by diabetes complications. Experts believe that half of these amputations may have been avoided if diabetics were more aware of complications and how to prevent them. Complications of diabetes include eye disease, kidney failure, heart disease, stroke or nerve damage resulting in loss of sensation in body areas. Nerve damage means that a patient may sustain an injury to their foot but not feel it. The untreated wound can rapidly lead to problems which may require amputation. Preventative measures to reduce risk of diabetes complications include wearing shoes even at home, ensuring shoes are clean inside, ensuring shoes fit correctly and regular podiatrist visits.
URL: http://www.nbc4i.com/diabetes/1749054/detail.html
Related Disease Topics: Diabetes, Nerve damage (see Nerve symptoms), Neuropathy, Amputation, diabetes complications, Eye disease, Kidney failure, Heart disease, Stroke, Injury, Wound
Related Symptom Topics: Loss of sensation
Related Medical News Channels: This medical news summary article refers to the following medical channel categories:
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- cause of loss of sensation
- cause of diabetes
- cause of nerve damage
- cause of neuropathy
- cause of amputation
- Cause of diabetes complications
- cause of eye disease
- cause of kidney failure
- cause of heart disease
- cause of stroke
- cause of injury
- Cause of wound
- Risk and loss of sensation
- risk and diabetes
- Risk and nerve damage
- risk and neuropathy
- risk and amputation
- Risk and diabetes complications
- Risk and eye disease
- risk and kidney failure
- risk and heart disease
- risk and stroke
- risk and injury
- Risk and wound
- Surgery and diabetes
- Surgery and amputation
- Undiagnosed
- Undiagnosed and injury
- Undiagnosed and wound
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