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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
More than 25 million people in the U.S. have diabetes, according to the latest numbers from the American Diabetes Association. More than triple that number -- 79 million people -- have pre-diabetes. And the doctors' bills for all those people add up. In 2007, the total cost of diagnosed diabetes in the U.S. was $174 billion.
"Diabetes affects every part of the body," says Dr. Darren Allcock, endocrinologist with Southeast Endocrinology.
The disease leads to complications with the nervous system, vision, kidney function, the vascular system and blood pressure; it can also lead to heart disease and stroke.
Treating those complications is often where the medical expenses add up for diabetics.
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1804445.html?response=no
"Diabetes affects every part of the body," says Dr. Darren Allcock, endocrinologist with Southeast Endocrinology.
The disease leads to complications with the nervous system, vision, kidney function, the vascular system and blood pressure; it can also lead to heart disease and stroke.
Treating those complications is often where the medical expenses add up for diabetics.
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1804445.html?response=no