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The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) conducts and supports research on many of the most serious diseases affecting public health. The Institute supports much of the clinical research on the diseases of internal medicine and related subspecialty fields, as ...
Disease of the kidneys. Hyperglycemia and hypertension can damage the kidneys' glomeruli. When the kidneys are damaged, protein leaks out of the kidneys into the urine. Damaged kidneys can no longer remove wastes and extra fluid from the bloodstream.
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Damage to the small blood vessels in the retina. Loss of vision may result. Also called diabetic eye disease.
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Disease of the heart and blood vessels (arteries, capillaries, and veins).
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Diabetes self-management education programs that are approved by the american diabetes association.
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Describes something that happens suddenly and for a short time. Opposite of chronic, or long lasting.
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Defect in the breaking down or building up of fat below the surface of the skin, resulting in lumps or small dents in the skin surface. Lipodystrophy may be caused by repeated injections of insulin in the same spot. See lipoatrophy and lipohypertrophy.
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Damage to the spinal cord found in some people with diabetes.
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Damage to the small blood vessels in the retina. Loss of vision may result. Also called diabetic eye disease.
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