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Classes & Events - Health Library - Why Choose Sharp? Diabetes
is a serious disease, which, if not controlled, can be life
threatening. It is often associated with long-term complications
that can affect every system and part of the body. Diabetes can,
among other things, contribute to eye disorders and blindness,
heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, amputation, and nerve
damage. It can affect pregnancy and cause birth defects, as
well. Although diabetes is a chronic and incurable disease (with
the exception of gestational diabetes), with proper medical
care, clinical therapies, diet, hygiene, and exercise, symptoms
and complications can be successfully treated and managed.