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Ladies, I've been conducting some research on this subject.
Physical & Psychological Health Deterioration
Emotional Health Deterioration
Financial Health Deterioration
Family Relations Breakdown
= A Broken Heart?
Don’t Take Diabetes Lightly ”' It Can Even Lead To Suicide
There is a general attitude that diabetes is a treatable disease, that’s it’s no big deal, that you just take medicine and you have a normal life.
The truth is diabetics have a 2.5 increased rate of death, meaning people with diabetes are 80 percent more likely to die prematurely than those without the disease.
A new British analysis ”' published in the March 3 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine ”' confirms that diabetes is associated with higher mortality.
And it’s not just diabetes that’s killing them. Besides dying from vascular problems caused by diabetes, people with the blood sugar disease are also more likely to die prematurely from many other causes, including cancer, infections, falls, liver disease, mental disorders and even suicide.
Read more, here:
https://diabetesdialectics.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/don% E2% 80% 99t-take-diabetes-lightly-% E2% 80% 92-it-can-even-lead-to-suicide/