Dr Sheharyar Quraishi, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist explains what the complications of Type 1 Diabetes can get. He explains that taking Insulin is absolutely essential and not taking it can potentially be life threatening. He mentions various complications with organs in your body if Diabetes is not well controlled. Dr Quraishi talks about it being a lifelong condition which should be managed in collaboration with a Specialist Endocrinologist (Diabetologist).
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So, like we've already discussed, type 1 diabetes could be a fatal and life-threatening condition if insulin is not used. Patients who do not, are unable to take insulin for whatever reason, there is a risk of it being fatal, eventually essentially means death. If the people are treated and they have suboptimal care, then there's a risk that any other form of diabetes like developing complications retinopathy, which essentially means damage to the eyes, nephropathy, damage to the kidneys, neuropathy, which means damage to the nerves in the feet and that's why because it's a lifelong condition it needs to be managed by a specialist so they can support patients.
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