{"id":13173,"date":"2014-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/home\/proche-2\/diabetes-complications\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T16:08:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T20:08:42","slug":"diabetes-complications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/home\/proche-2\/diabetes-complications\/","title":{"rendered":"Diabetes complications"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"classic-block\">The complications associated with diabetes have a common origin: too much <a href=\"\/en\/glossary\">glucose<\/a> (sugar) in the blood. If blood glucose (sugar) levels remain high too often over time, it has a damaging effect on many of the body\u2019s organs, primarily:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the kidneys (nephropathy)<\/li>\n<li>the eyes (retinopathy)<\/li>\n<li>the nervous system (neuropathy)<\/li>\n<li>the heart (heart attack)<\/li>\n<li>the blood vessels (high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, stroke, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Diabetes is also associated with other complications, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sleep apnea<\/li>\n<li>capsulitis<\/li>\n<li>erectile dysfunction<\/li>\n<li>yeast infections<\/li>\n<li>urinary tract infections<\/li>\n<li>periodontal disease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to poor blood glucose (sugar) control, other factors also contribute to the onset of diabetes complications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>age<\/li>\n<li>heredity<\/li>\n<li>duration of the diabetes<\/li>\n<li>lifestyle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The importance of proper glycemic control.<\/h2>\n<p>There is a direct link between the degree of blood sugar control and the risk of complications.&nbsp;Two large-scale studies have shown that proper diabetes control reduces complications over the long term:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT)<\/li>\n<li>UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The results of the UKPDS show that improving blood sugar control by reducing <a href=\"\/en\/glossary\">A1C<\/a> by 1.0% reduces the risks of microvascular complications by 37% and death from diabetes complications by 21%.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The complications associated with diabetes have a common origin: too much glucose (sugar) in the blood. If blood glucose (sugar) levels remain high too often over time, it has a damaging effect on many of the body\u2019s organs, primarily: the kidneys (nephropathy) the eyes (retinopathy) the nervous system (neuropathy) the heart (heart attack) the blood&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":316,"menu_order":142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"7791,9088,9320,194,10235,7933","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13173","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13173"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31021,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13173\/revisions\/31021"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diabete.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}