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The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) conducts and supports research on many of the most serious diseases affecting public health. The Institute supports much of the clinical research on the diseases of internal medicine and related subspecialty fields, as ...
Disease of the kidneys. Hyperglycemia and hypertension can damage the kidneys' glomeruli. When the kidneys are damaged, protein leaks out of the kidneys into the urine. Damaged kidneys can no longer remove wastes and extra fluid from the bloodstream.
Industry:Health care
Damage to the small blood vessels in the retina. Loss of vision may result. Also called diabetic eye disease.
Industry:Health care
Disease of the heart and blood vessels (arteries, capillaries, and veins).
Industry:Health care
Diabetes self-management education programs that are approved by the american diabetes association.
Industry:Health care
Describes something that happens suddenly and for a short time. Opposite of chronic, or long lasting.
Industry:Health care
Defect in the breaking down or building up of fat below the surface of the skin, resulting in lumps or small dents in the skin surface. Lipodystrophy may be caused by repeated injections of insulin in the same spot. See lipoatrophy and lipohypertrophy.
Industry:Health care
Damage to the spinal cord found in some people with diabetes.
Industry:Health care
Damage to the small blood vessels in the retina. Loss of vision may result. Also called diabetic eye disease.
Industry:Health care
