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Type 2 Diabetes Affects The Body

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Diabetes is a long term illness that causes a person’s blood sugar levels to become too high. There are two types of diabetes which are type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is when the body immune system attacks and destroys the cells that produce insulin. Type 2 diabetes is when the body doesn’t produce enough insulin or the body cells do not react to insulin.
Diabetes affects the body system as it increases blood pressure and has a highly risk of heart attacks, cardiovascular diseases and strokes which severely increases. It also can cause the blood vessels in the back of the eyes to swell; leak and can affect the kidney which means that there’s a highly chance of kidney failure. Diabetes has an effect on the skin because of the effect

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