As the number of people with diabetes continues to grow by leaps and bounds, medical professionals and researchers are seeing an uptick in the number of cases of kidney disease and eye disease, two of the major complications of diabetes.
Diabetes and high blood pressure are causing a problematic jump in the number of kidney disease cases in developing countries, according to a recent article from CNN. That’s because these developing countries adopt the unhealthy lifestyles of developed countries. Those unhealthy lifestyles increase the risk of developing diabetes, the researchers say.
Chronic kidney disease can be fatal. In fact, the World Health Organization says that between 10% and 20% of the world’s 180 million diabetics will die of kidney failure.
Meanwhile, a recent article from the Pilot Tribune in Storm Lake, Iowa notes that the jump in the number of people with diabetes has lead to a growing number of cases of major eye disease, including diabetic retinopathy. A new study suggests the number of cases of diabetic retinopathy will triple in the next 40 years, growing from 5.5 million in 2005 to 16 million by 2050.
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