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What does diabetes mean for my health?
Diabetes affects your entire body. Diabetes increases your risk of:
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Heart disease and stroke
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Eye diseases such as retinopathy which are damaged blood vessels in light-seeing tissue at the back of the eye, cataracts and glaucoma
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Kidney disease
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Foot ulcers and foot amputation
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Loss of leg and arm sensation.
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REFERENCE
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The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Management of type 2 diabetes: A handbook for general practice. East Melbourne, Vic: RACGP, 2020.
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