The symptoms of diabetes are the same wherever you are in the world. If you are living with diabetes it is well known that you can avoid or at least, delay some of the serious conditions such as kidney disease, kidney failure, heart disease and amputations if you live a healthy lifestyle, take your medication, engage in moderate exercise and eat healthy meals. If you are not able to totally eliminate these things, you can certainly delay them or diminish their effects.
Research shows that too many people are not taking care of themselves and their diabetes to the extent that they should. Because of this, about 100 people per week in the U K alone have a limb amputated due to diabetes and the complications from the disease.
Diabetes affects over 2 million people in Britain vs. over 20 million people in the United States. There is an urgent need to be much more aware of diabetes and its complications such as heart attacks, blindness, kidney failure, blindness and strokes. Another very serious complication is that about 7 out of 10 people that have amputations will die within 5 years.
People with diabetes need support, guidance and clinical care to minimize the risk of amputation. They need to be able to see more podiatrists on a regular basis to prevent foot ulcers and gangrene, which very often lead to amputation.
It is essential for individuals with diabetes to get the information they need and learn all they can about diabetes, its symptoms and its complications to prevent some of the more drastic issues that arise, such as the need for amputation. These issues are critical and life-changing. In addition, many amputations can be prevented with better management of a person’s diabetes.
If you have diabetes or know someone who does, follow the information that will help life to be as healthy as possible.
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