– Why does untreated diabetes cause parts of limbs to die?

Question

– Why does untreated diabetes cause parts of limbs to die?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Untreated diabetes results in high blood sugars. High blood sugars result in your circulation ‘dying’ (slows down, a lot). If your circulation dies, your extremities die since they require blood circulating to renew (everything in your body renews itself over time, which happens because of your blood circulating)

That’s the basic answer. There are others who have covered this in more depth.

Source: T1 Diabetic