Diabetes is a disease of uncontrolled glucose production and not enough insulin to metabolize it. The chronic disease can progress quickly if blood sugars are not controlled. The complications of long-term uncontrolled diabetes can be devastating...
Diabetes induced vision loss occurs in three ways: diabetic retinopathy, cataracts and glaucoma. Diabetic retinopathy is the consequence of damage to the blood vessels in the retina. Cataracts occur when the eye's lens clouds, producing blurred...
Diabetes complications occur primarily due to deleterious changes in the blood vessels caused by long-standing hyperglycemia (high blood sugar). Complications due to abnormalities in the smallest blood vessels--the capillaries--are microvascular...
Diabetes is a medical condition resulting from an abnormal insulin response by the body, which leads to uncontrolled levels of sugar within the blood. Almost 8 percent of the population within the United States has some form of diabetes, according...
People with diabetes are at high risk of eye complications, from minor to severe, reports the Diabetes Teaching Center at the University of California, San Francisco. A severe complication of diabetes is blindness; however, most eye disorders are...
If you have diabetes, you are at an increased risk of developing a number of medical complications, including eye, foot, heart and kidney problems. Chronically high blood sugar levels due to diabetes can damage and weaken the blood vessels that...
Fibrocystic changes (FCCs) in the female breast are an extremely common occurrence. Estimates suggest that one-third of women between the ages of 20 and 45 years will develop this problem. FCCs are benign, meaning non-cancerous, and with rare...
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disorder that develops when the body is resistant to the effects of--or fails to produce enough of--insulin, a hormone that regulates sugar. This insulin resistance inhibits blood glucose (a type of sugar) from...
Diabetic retinopathy is a degenerative eye disorder. It is a complication of diabetes and results in damage to the blood vessels of the retina. According to the National Eye Institute, 45 percent of all diabetic adults have some degree of diabetic...
More than 23 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, a metabolic disorder. Diabetics produce too little insulin or do not process the glucose properly. The result is a build-up of glucose that passes out of the body via urine. Without glucose,...
All diabetics are prone to high sugar levels. However, type 1 and type 2 diabetics have high levels for different reasons. Type 1 diabetics experience high blood sugar because their pancreas no longer produces insulin. Insulin transforms sugars in...
Cysts in the breasts – also known as fibrocystic breasts – are a non-cancerous condition that may also be called benign breast disease. About 30 percent of all women have fibrocystic breasts, according to Dr. Susan Lark, author of...
Diabetes is a condition characterized by abnormally high levels of sugar in the blood. Chronic, uncontrolled blood glucose levels can damage the central nervous system, blood vessels and vital organs. The eye is also vulnerable among diabetics,...
Your eyes allow you to navigate the surrounding world. From perceiving an image through your eyes and translating it in the brain, these vital organs have powerful functions that dictate every moment of the waking day. They guide where you go,...
