A 49-year-old member asked:
what's your opinion on untreated diabetes and hypothyroidism for 10 years could do to you?
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Dr. Tracy Sinha answered
52 years experience Allergy and Immunology
BIG BIG RISK: Wt gain, low bmr, myxomatous madness, fat develop arroun heart, hair loss. High sugar eats up every organ, blindness, kiney failure, poor healing, skin infection, stress fracture of bone. Donot do that.
Answered on Apr 6, 2013
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