Please verify your email address to receive email notifications.

Enter your email address

We have sent you a verification email. Please check your inbox and spam folder.

Unable to send verification, please refresh and try again later.

  • Q&A with Australian Health Practitioners

    What are the long-term effects of diabetes?

    Related Topics
    Endocrinology Type 2 Diabetes
    • 1 answer
    • Lisa Renn
    answer this question

  • Find a professional to answer your question

  • Lisa Renn

    Dietitian

    Lisa is an APD with 12 years experience, specialising in helping people identify and change habits that impact negatively on their health. Inspiring change, Lisa … View Profile

    Hi there,
    The long term effects of poorly controlled diabetes make quite a scary list:
    # heart disease
    #blindness
    #kidney disease
    #poor wound healing and loss of circulation can lead to amputations (particularly lower limbs)
    #impotence…to name a few.

    The good news is that if you have the right health care team around you and you are prepared to make some changes to your diet and lifestyle (exercise, smoking) then diabetes can be well managed and the risk of long term complications diminishes significantly.

    Your health care team might include: GP, endocrinologist (diabetes specialist),Dietitian, Diabetes Educator, Podiatrist, possibly an Exercise Physiologist and Psychologist. Your GP is a good place to start when putting your team together.

    Good Luck.

    Reply to this post
     · 
    Report
answer this question

You must be a Health Professional to answer this question. Log in or Sign up .

You may also like these related questions

Related Fact Sheets
Related Questions

Empowering Australians to make better health choices