03/06/2025
👉🏾👉🏾Diabetes mellitus is a very common disease these days. Almost every one of us has a relative suffering from diabetes. And precisely because of this prevalence and commonness, the danger of the disease is often underestimated both by the patients themselves and their relatives. So what are the dangers of diabetes?
More about the types of complications and causes of diabetes will tell the doctor diabetologist-endocrinologist of the medical center “Way to Health” Malakhova Olga Vladimirovna.
Violation of the regulation of glucose levels in the blood
In diabetes mellitus, the regulation of blood glucose levels is disturbed, and sugar levels often rise above normal values. Recall, the norm of fasting blood sugar in healthy people - less than 6.1 mmol / l (when taking blood from the vein), and 2 hours after eating - less than 7.8 mmol / l.
Let's dispel a common misconception: even if a healthy person eats cake the night before, in the morning his blood glucose values will be normal!
High glucose levels are sometimes not felt by patients, especially if they rise slowly over several years. This creates a deceptive sense of security for the patient.
Complications of diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus is dangerous with its complications. High glucose levels act toxically on many tissues and organs, but the most sensitive are the eyes, kidneys, blood vessels and nerve fibers. In these organs, complications of diabetes form faster and have a significant negative impact on the patient's health.
Complications may be acute, developing
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