Per example, a toe or even a leg
In: Biology
One of the ways is kinda similar to how AIDS kills, in that it makes it easier for other things to kill you. Diabetics can suffer from neuropathy, where feeling is lost in extremities. Generally, the further away from the heart the easier this is, but doesn’t always happen that way.
So if you don’t really have a lot of feeling in your toes, if you sustain any damage like cuts or punctures, they can get infected pretty easily since you aren’t doing anything about it. In addition, diabetes slows your recovery rate so things take foreeeehhhhver to heal. Before you know it, things can get so bad the only option is amputation. And indeed complications from that can require further amputations!
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