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The 5 Common Diabetes Complications: What You Need to Watch Out For
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Jan 28, 2025
Diabetes can lead to serious health issues if not managed properly. Discover the 5 most common complications of diabetes and how to prevent or delay them through lifestyle changes.
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kidney damage nerve damage eye damage
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cardiovascular diseases diabetic
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ketoacidosis are just some of the
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complications that come about due to
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uncontrolled blood sugar levels over a
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long period of time but the good news is
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that you can totally control and prevent
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occurrence of these complications by
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simply making sure you regulate your
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blood sugar levels
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you are on a street modified diabetic
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that you're exercising and taking your
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medications as recommended on this
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videos that i post so kidney damage what
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is the role of the kidneys the role of
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the kidneys is to filter and remove
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waste products and fluids from your body
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so what happens when you have extremely
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high blood sugar levels over a long
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period of time is that it it damages the
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tiny blood vessels in your kidney
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reducing the kidney function and when
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the kidney function is reduced then you
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develop swelling that because that is
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because of the fluid retention you may
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develop confusion nausea and vomiting
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and so on and so forth so important to
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do is to make sure you maintain your
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blood sugar levels at a normal range
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maintain your blood pressures at a
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normal rate because also high blood
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pressure is a risk factor to developing
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kidney problems and also follow a strict
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modified diabetic diet okay
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i did a video on what phones to eat once
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you're diabetic you can click and watch
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that video very very uh detailed and
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considering portion portion control and
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also there's those that you choose from
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all the full groups that will help you
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maintain your blood sugar levels at a
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normal range so the other complication
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is food damage and do you remember what
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i told uh we talked about
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wound healing and diabetes so once you
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diabetic and you have very high blood
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sugar levels over a long period of time
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then you might lose sensation in your
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feet and once you don't have sensation
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in your feet you may not be able to feel
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for cut fossils you you might develop
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wounds very very fast because one one
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that is poor blood circulation number
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two there is too much sugar in your
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bloodstream providing a very good
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environment for infections
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uh
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for bacteria hence infections take too
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long to heal
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so what is important to do here is to
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maintain proper foot care every single
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day by washing your feet regularly that
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means every day
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before bedtime especially drying your
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feet very well including in between your
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toes
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putting on well-fitting socks okay not
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too tight also for the shoes well
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fitting shoes uh clothes shoes so that
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you prevent uh the cuts in the
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development of their wands
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also in case you develop blisters and
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cats it's good to seek medical attention
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very very fast so with proper food care
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you're able to reduce your risk to
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amputations and all these wounds that
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take too long to heal
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to a very great extent number three is
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the diabetes ketoacidosis and
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diabetic ketosis always often affects
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people with type 1 diabetes and what
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happens is that whenever you eat food it
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gets into your body as glucose into your
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blood and then from your blood to the
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cells with the help of insulin okay
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produced by the pancreas but in type 1
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diabetes notice that there's no insulin
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being produced and therefore there's no
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sugar getting from your blood into your
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cells okay so your body gets into a into
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a condition where it starts to break
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down the fat and breakdown of fat leads
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to accumulation of blood acids rather
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called the ketones okay which may build
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up in your blood and even spill up into
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your urine this is also a very
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common symptom of pre-diabetes which may
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lead to nausea vomiting polyuria that is
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excessive urination polydipsia that is
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excessive dust which can be life
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threatening okay so important to do here
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is to regulate your blood sugar levels
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at a normal range that means regular
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monitoring of your blood sugar levels
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treat dieting that is the modified
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diabetic diet and also
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um avoiding insulin withdrawal without
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proper guidance okay number four is
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cardiovascular diseases once you have
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high blood sugar levels your risk for
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cardiovascular diseases increases
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drastically and that is the high blood
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pressure heart attack stroke and so on
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and so forth what happens is that when
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you have high blood sugar levels it may
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lead to hardening of the arteries and
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hardening of arteries may reduce blood
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flowing to your brain causing stroke
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reducing blood flowing to your heart
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causing heart attack and so on and so
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forth even high blood pressures also in
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the in the same in the same way
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increasing your risk to other other many
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many complications okay so as usual
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maintaining a normal
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blood sugar levels by regular monitoring
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maintaining a normal blood pressure and
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also being on a strict modified diabetic
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that would help you very much
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in reducing your risk to not only
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cardiovascular diseases but also kidney
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damage eye damage nerve damage food
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damage and so on and so forth if you
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complications leave your comments down
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