Hello, I am Ty Mason of thediabetescouncil.com, researcher, writer and I have type 2 diabetes.
Today I want to discuss with you what could happen if you don't manage your diabetes.
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I want to begin this video by stating that I am not trying to scare anyone.
I am not being some type of alarmist.
I am simply going to give you the facts of what can happen to you if you don't manage
your diabetes well.
I am not saying it's your fault, nor am I am passing any type of judgement, I just
want you to know the consequences that could take place if your diabetes goes unchecked.
I have had the opportunity to work with some really amazing people in my life.
I developed a very good relationship with the folks at Prevention Magazine over the
years.
One of their contributors is Cindy Kuzma.
I want to thank her for helping me gather research for this video.
I would also like to thank Robert Gabbay, the chief medical officer at Joslin Diabetes
Center in Boston.
The work at Joslin is amazing.
I highly recommend you visit their website for some great articles and information.
OK, with all that said, let's look at what can happen if your diabetes is not under control.
A Rise in Cholesterol and Blood Pressure Let's do a quick review of what the body
does with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
In Type1 your body stops producing insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar; with
type 2 diabetes, your body can't properly use the insulin you do produce.
This causes your body to have a drop in HDL which is the "good" cholesterol.
This can also cause the harmful blood fats, which are called triglycerides, to build up.
Insulin resistance can also lead to the arteries becoming narrowed and hardened.
This can lead to high blood pressure and other heart related problems.
As a result, about 70% of people with either type of diabetes also have hypertension—a
risk factor for stroke, heart disease, and trouble with thinking and memory.
Failing to control high blood pressure and high cholesterol, either with diet and exercise
alone or by adding medications, accelerates the rate at which all your other complications
progress, according to Robert Gabbay, the chief medical officer at Joslin Diabetes Center
in Boston.
A Fade In Vision More than 4 million people with diabetes have
some degree of retinopathy, or
damage
to the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.
This happens because high blood glucose levels harm the eye's delicate blood vessels, a process
that can begin as early as 7 years before diagnosis.
The early stages have no symptoms, but the longer you let things go, the darker the picture
becomes.
One study that looked at people with type 2 diabetes found that when HbA1c levels (a
measure of blood glucose over time) rose by one percentage point, the risk of eye problems
developing or worsening increased by about one-third.
In 20 years, about 80% of people with diabetes have retinopathy, and about 10,000 go blind
each year, Hatipoglu says.
(Protect your vision with these foods.)
Kidney Problems Over time, high blood glucose thickens and
scars the nephrons, tiny structures within the kidneys that filter your blood.
About 7% of the time, you'll already have protein leaking into your urine—an early
sign of kidney problems—by the time you receive a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.
(Find out what the color of your pee says about your health.)
About half of those who don't take steps to control their diabetes will sustain kidney
damage within 10 years, and 40% of those will progress to kidney failure, Hatipoglu says—a
condition requiring either dialysis or a kidney transplant.
Nerves Break Down About 7.5% of people already have neuropathy,
or nerve damage caused by high blood glucose, when they're diagnosed with diabetes.
Eventually, about half of people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes will develop it.
At first, you might have no symptoms or feel a mild tingling or numbness in your hands
or feet, Gabbay says.
But eventually, neuropathy can cause pain, weakness, and digestive troubles as it strikes
the nerves that control your gastrointestinal tract.
Feet Problems As damage to the long nerves between your
brain and lower limbs worsens, your muscle tone slackens and the shape of your foot changes,
causing bunions, flat feet, and other deformities.
One wrong step or pebble in your shoe can cause a small ulcer; numbness means you may
not notice it, and poor circulation from damaged blood vessels slows healing.
The end result: a rampant infection that spreads to the bone, Gabbay says.
People with diabetes undergo about 73,000 lower-limb amputations per year, and about
60% of amputations overall are in people with diabetes.
You Are Prone to a Heart Attack In addition to raising your blood pressure
and cholesterol, high blood glucose can directly damage your veins, arteries, and heart muscle.
Anyone with diabetes has nearly double the risk of heart attack, and their risk of stroke
quadruples.
"Heart attack is the No. 1 killer in diabetics," Hatipoglu says.
And aside from frequently being fatal, strokes cause paralysis and other severe disabilities.
(Make sure you know these 5 signs of a stroke.)
Your life shortens.
All of these health problems can eventually add up to the ultimate complication: an earlier
death.
A recent study in JAMA suggests women with type 1 diabetes can expect to live 13 fewer
years than people without the disease.
Diabetes officially ranks as the seventh leading cause of death—but since death certificates
sometimes list complications, rather than the disease itself, the actual number may
be much higher.
I know this is a dim video today.
But one that I hope you take seriously.
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