The Chronic Complications of Diabetes Mellitus Macrovascular complications: Cardiovascular disease Leading cause of diabetes related deaths (increases
{"Image DocumentName": "The Chronic Complications of Diabetes Mellitus", "Image ImageDescription": "Macrovascular complications: Cardiovascular disease. Leading cause of diabetes related deaths (increases mortality and stroke by 2 to 4 times) Microvascular complications: Retinopathy. Leading cause of adult blindness. Nephropathy. Accounts for 44% of new cases of ESRD. Neuropathy % of patients with diabetes have nervous system damage. The complications of diabetes include an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, hypertension, retinopathy, renal disease and neuropathy.1. Heart disease is the leading cause of diabetes-related deaths. Adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates about 2 to 4 times higher than adults without diabetes. The risk for stroke is 2 to 4 times higher among people with diabetes. Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults 20 to 74 years old, and diabetic retinopathy causes from 12,000 to 24,000 new cases of blindness each year. Diabetes is the leading cause of treated end-stage renal disease (ESRD), accounting for 44 percent of new cases, and about 60 to 70 percent of people with diabetes have mild to severe forms of nervous system damage. The results of such damage include impaired sensation or pain in the feet or hands, slowed digestion of food in the stomach, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other nerve problems. Severe forms of diabetic nerve disease are a major contributing cause of lower-extremity amputations. More than 60 percent of nontraumatic lower-limb amputations in the United States occur among people with diabetes. Reference. 1. National Diabetes Statistics. General information and national estimates on diabetes in the United States National Diabetes Statistics US 2000.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}