How harmful is diabetes?

Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by hyperglycemia caused by insulin secretion and/or dysfunction, and it is a common endocrine and metabolic disease. With the improvement of living standards and the acceleration of the aging process, the prevalence of diabetes in China is on the rise rapidly, becoming another important chronic non-communicable disease that seriously harms people's well-being after cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and tumors. Diabetic patients whose blood sugar has not been controlled for a long time may suffer from various organ damages, especially eye, tumor, blood vessel, kidney and nerve, or organ dysfunction or even failure, resulting in high disability rate or mortality rate, which seriously affects patients' physical and mental health and brings heavy burden to individuals, families and society.

The harm of diabetes:

The harm of diabetes not only affects the quality of life of patients, but also brings heavy psychological burden to patients. The complications of diabetes even pose a threat to the health and life of patients, which can lead to disability and premature death. Diabetes will also cause a huge waste of funds and resources. The death toll of diabetes is second only to cardiovascular diseases and malignant tumors, and it is called the "third killer".

In fact, diabetes itself is not terrible, what is terrible is the complications of diabetes. The purpose of diabetes treatment is to prevent and delay its complications, especially cardiovascular diseases.

Complications caused by diabetes: diabetic nonketotic hyperosmotic syndrome, ketoacidosis, lactic acidosis.

Chronic complications: vascular complications, diabetic cerebrovascular diseases, diabetic ophthalmopathy, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic foot, diabetic osteoarthropathy, diabetes and oral diseases.

Incidence and infection: hypoglycemia, metabolic syndrome, erectile dysfunction, acute and chronic infection.

Long-term hyperglycemia in diabetic patients will damage organs and tissues, cause organ dysfunction and even failure. Among these chronic complications, retinopathy can lead to vision loss; Kidney disease can lead to renal insufficiency; Peripheral neuropathy can lead to the risk of lower limb ulcer, gangrene, amputation and joint disease; Autonomic neuropathy can cause symptoms and sexual dysfunction of gastrointestinal tract, urogenital system and lower cardiovascular system.

The complications of peripheral vascular, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases have increased significantly, and they are often complicated with hypertension and abnormal lipid metabolism. Without active prevention and treatment, the quality of life of diabetic patients will be reduced, life expectancy will be shortened and mortality will increase.