Diabetes Mellitus Vascular Complications
Introduction. the number of people with diabetes mellitus is alarmingly increasing due to the growing prevalence of obesity, genetic susceptibility, urbanization, and ageing. 1,2 type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease, may remain undetected for many years and its diagnosis is often made incidentally through an abnormal blood or urine glucose test. View this table: vascular complications of diabetes view this table: risk of morbidity associated with all types of diabetes mellitus a continuous relation exists between glycaemic control and the incidence and progression of microvascular complications. hypertension and smoking also have an adverse effect on microvascular outcomes. (july 2017) (learn how and when to remove this template message) complications of diabetes mellitus include problems that develop rapidly (acute) or over time (chronic) and may affect many organ systems. the complications of diabetes can dramatically impair quality of life and cause long-lasting disa...