diabetes complications

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According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) worldwide report on diabetes, diabetes is the main cause of the blindness, renal insufficiency, myocardial infarction, stroke and amputations of the lower limbs. Morbidity of the diabe­tes increased from 108 million to 422 million between 1980 and 2014. There are type 1, type 2, gestational and secondary diabetes. More than 90% of patients are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Type 2 di­abetes is associated with insulin resistance and insulin secretory dysfunction which leads to constantly changing treatment.

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