How does diabetes can cause a body part to be lost?

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Per example, a toe or even a leg

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In addition to the nerve damage mentioned, having high blood sugar for a long time starts to make it more difficult to heal wounds. So there’s damage to a foot, for example, it doesn’t heal well, it gets infected and then some or all of the foot has to be removed if the infection can’t be ended with antibiotics.

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