Diabetes is caused either from the body not making enough insulin or not responding well to the insulin that is made. Uncontrolled high and low blood sugars have serious effects on health. High blood sugar causes complications such as heart disease, blindness or vision loss, kidney disease or failure, nerve damage and other problems. Diabetes is the number one cause of limb amputation. Low blood sugar can cause unconsciousness and seizures.
Recent research shows that many complications are related to blood sugar control.
So if blood sugar levels are kept as close to normal as possible, the person with diabetes can remain in good health. A diabetes education program offers the knowledge and support to make positive lifestyle changes and to take charge of the disease. Though diabetes can be more common if you have relatives with the disease, it can also strike with little warning. But he was even more surprised when his wife Margaret was also diagnosed with diabetes within 10 days of him. My wife and I have shared a lot, but sharing this diagnosis was not in our plan.