What makes people die from diabetes? is there a cure yet? it killed 3 people in my family already.

Many things: Poorly controlled diabetes can lead to many life threatening conditions including renal disease, coronary artery disease, and poor wound healing to name a few. There is no cure per se but patients who exercise, eat a proper diet and are compliant with their medications can prevent most all of the life threatening complications.

Uncontrolled DM: Diabetes is a disease which affects multiple organs like heart, blood vessel, nerves, kidney, brain and eyes etc.Diabetes eats every organ. It is present when body is not able to utilize Insulin in our body or lack of it. Either way, blood sugar goes up and up. Most people get heart attack, stroke or kidney disease.

End organ damage: If treated well and controlled with medicines and diet, a healthy weight, and doing all the things the dr. Tells you-getting yearly eye exams, urine microalbumin checks, regular blood work to follow an a1c, renal function, and lipids, having your feet checked at each visit. And generally educating yourself to how best take of diabetes, then a person can live a long life.

Diabetes: Diabetes is a condition caused by uncontrolled blood sugar levels. In the majority of cases it is caused by the resistance of our body to process that blood sugar. It's main complication is cardiovascular disease which is the leading cause of death. No definite cure found yet for diabetes but definitely can be controlled with diet, exercise and medications if the first two failed to control it.