Question 1

What are the most severe symptoms of diabetes?

Accepted Answer

Fast deep breathing, dry skin & mouth, flushed face, fruity odour, headache, muscle stiffness, extreme fatigue or lethargy, nausea & vomiting, abdomen pain, altered consciousness.

Question 2

If you have diabetes will you go blind?

Accepted Answer

With time, raised blood sugar can damage back of the eye - retina causing Diabetic retinopathy, which left untreated can lead to blindness.

Question 3

Why does diabetes lead to so many other medical issues?

Accepted Answer

With time, raised blood sugar levels can damage the blood vessels and nerves that control the heart. Additionally, people with diabetes are also more likely to have other conditions that raise the risk for heart disease such as high blood pressure and deranged cholesterol or triglyceride levels.

Question 4

Do gestational diabetes babies go to NICU?

Accepted Answer

There's a chance that babies of GDM mother may have low blood sugar shortly after birth and hypoglycemic seizures etc which would need NICU monitoring.

Question 5

How does diabetes affect the feet specifically?

Accepted Answer

Diabetes affects nerves which reduce one's sensitivity to pain from wound leading to repetitive traumas, wounds can get infected which may not heal fastly due to reduced blood supply. Sometimes, a bad infection never heals. The infection might lead to gangrene and amputation.

Question 6

Can lifestyle changes reverse diabetes?

Accepted Answer

Diabetes may not be reversed in all patients with lifestyle changes but it helps to keep it under control and prevent it's complications.

What are the most severe symptoms of diabetes?

What are the most severe symptoms of diabetes?

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