Once you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, your risk for developing coronary artery disease, chest pain (angina), heart attack and heart disease increases.
4. Kidney damage
Did you know that your kidneys contain millions of tiny blood vessel clusters that empty out waste from your blood? Well, when you have diabetes, this filtering process gets disrupted, which can lead to kidney failure or end-stage kidney disease.
5. Nerve damage
Too much sugar can be damaging to the capillaries, which are essential when it comes to nourishing your nerves. And when your nerves don’t receive the nourishment they need, you could experience numbness in your legs and/or other affected limbs.
Diabetes: Head To Toe Effects You Might Also Have To Live With was originally published on blackdoctor.org
