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Over time, diabetes can lead to
• blindness,
• kidney failure,
• nerve damage
• and amputations.
These types of damage are the result of damage to small vessels, referred to as micro vascular disease.
Diabetes is also an important factor in accelerating the hardening and narrowing of the arteries (atherosclerosis), leading to
• strokes,
• coronary heart disease,
• and other large blood vessel diseases.
This is referred to as macro vascular disease.
Diabetes affects approximately 8% of the population in the Western World.
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