Long-term complications of diabetes
include retinopathy with potential loss of
vision; nephropathy leading to renal failure;
peripheral neuropathy with risk of foot ulcers,
amputations, and Charcot joints; and
autonomic neuropathy causing gastrointestinal,
genitourinary, and cardiovascular
symptoms and sexual dysfunction. Patients
with diabetes have an increased incidence
of atherosclerotic cardiovascular, peripheral
arterial, and cerebrovascular disease.
Hypertension and abnormalities of lipoprotein
metabolism are often found in people
with diabetes.