Risks of Poor Control
Getting everything checked and in control is not easy especially if a person with diabetes lives on his/ her own. If this happens to you, consider of having a support system that will help you in many ways to keep everything under control. Never miss diet plans since a slight mistake may end up in serious condition. Diabetic complication can occur from both too high blood glucose or too low. You should be able to use a device to check your blood sugar level regularly. Complications can happen anytime, but especially in the condition where poor control and check up are missed.
Eye Complication: Retinopathy
Retinopathy is a condition that is often occurring as a kind of diabetic eye illness. This condition usually happens to people with diabetes who has been in the condition for a long time. The symptoms can start from light irritation up to blindness. Being overlooked and not seriously treated, this illness can damage one’s sight ability. Damage of retina’s small blood vessels is the cause of this complication. If one is too tired and her blood glucose increase without being detected, retinopathy may occur. Normally, one will need to rest and apply certain eye drop to improve the blood vessel condition.
Loss of Memories
This is another diabetic complication condition that attacks brain and causes losing of memories. The early symptoms may start from forgetting things like putting a pen in a pencil case then half an hour later when s/he wants to use the pen, it couldn’t be found. Forgetting things may also extend to certain information ad it cannot be predicted. When a person with diabetes remembers to note some important points, then the memory may still be well retained. But, once s/he feels confident, that comes the point where some facts and information start to disappear from the memory. In some cases, it can also result in confusion.
Diarrhea
Although it may sound less dangerous compared to the other complication. Diarrhea because of diabetic complication is different than normal diarrhea. In severe condition, it can lead to serious dehydration and can cause instability of blood glucose level. People with diabetes normally suffer from diarrhea because of infection in the bowel, or called gastroenteritis. The cause of this infection can be intolerance of gluten, Metformin effects, and bacterial infection. Liquid is something that cannot be omitted when you have diarrhea. Call for help or assistance if you live on your own, to prevent from further infection.
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