Diabetes is a chronic disease leading to various complications.
Being affected with diabetes increases the risk of
cardiovascular problems. Diabetic patients often suffer from
myocardial infarction, stroke and other angiopathies, such as
retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy. Diabetes is one of
the leading causes of limb amputation, because of the diabetic
foot syndrome it causes. Diabetes is also the main cause
of end-stage kidney disease requiring dialysis treatment
in Poland and all over the world. Unregulated glycemia
and autonomic nervous system neuropathy is particularly
dangerous for elderly people, since it may cause fainting,
falling and lead to bone fractures or other traumas