Complications of Diabetes
If you have T1D, you may develop complications relating to your eyes, teeth, feet, mental health, and more.
Type 1 diabetes can lead to a variety of complications. Despite the hardships of the day-to-day of the disease, complications can create other physical and emotional tolls. We already know some about these complications, but research is providing more information regarding these complications, as well as additional treatments to help mitigate the effects. We’re on the search to discover how to live our best lives with diabetes and complications, and live beyond so we can achieve a balanced life.
If you have type 1 diabetes (T1D), you may develop complications relating to your eyes, teeth, feet, mental health and more.
Educational content related to diabetes complications is made possible with support from Allergan, an active partner of Beyond Type 1 at the time of publication. Editorial control rests solely on Beyond Type 1.
Talking About Complications
We have been educated, maybe warned, or even “threatened” with diabetes complications since we’ve been diagnosed. Many of us have...
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Most people living with diabetes will remember conversations they’ve had with healthcare professionals about diabetes-related complications, and often, those memories...
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Resources
What is DKA? Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a complication from diabetes that can be serious and life-threatening. DKA is often...
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Tiffani Martin was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 5 years old, in 1993. At the age of 27, she...
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Almost 30 years ago research found that chronic hyperglycemia (high blood glucose), as well as the length of time a...
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Gastroparesis, also known as delayed gastric emptying, is a type of autonomic neuropathy that affects the digestion of food. Gastroparesis...
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When thinking about diabetes we don’t often think of the health of our mouth, gums, and teeth known as our...
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One of the major diabetes complications everyone hears about is neuropathy. When people think of neuropathy they think of losing...
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