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What happens if diabetes is left untreated? how many years of not treating it will bad things happen?

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Diabetes: Out of control sugars can lead to coma, death, amputation of extremities, kidney disease and failure, heart attack, congestive heart failure, severely swollen lower extremities and thus damage to the structure of the legs. It can lead to chronic dehydration which can lead to brain damage, headaches, skin diseases. I think it is obvious that not treating diabetes is an insane proposition.

Answered 7/3/2013

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Complications : Complication of this condition as follows 1 kdney failure leading to dialysis 2 cadiovascular disease and stroke 3peripheral vascular disease and amputations 4eyes retinitis leading to blindness 5 acute diabetic ketoacidosis requiring hospitalisations 6nerve damage, neuropathy 7susceptibility to infe how long it takes depends on severity and other risk factors like highpertension, smoking, high cho.

Answered 10/4/2016

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