ELI5. Why does recovery from an injury or cut, takes longer time for a person with high blood sugar than a normal person
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People with diabetes have impaired blood flow to their skin, particularly their extremities. High blood sugar is known to cause vascular and microvascular damage, so when there’s a cut the body can’t provide blood flow as effectively to heal the area.
Keep in mind, this is mostly true for people with type 2 diabetes and poorly managed type 1 diabetics. Well managed type 1 diabetics generally won’t have any problems worse than your average person, since their blood glucose levels tend not to be much different.
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