Diabetes Education and Research Center
Tips for Managing your Diabetes
Good Control is Essential
The following graph demonstrates how continued poor blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes may increase the risk of developing eye and kidney damage. As HbA1c rises above 7%, the risk for these complications rises dramatically. Long-term blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes may reduce the risk of these problems.
-- Ohkubo Y, Kishikawa H, Araki E, et al. Intensive insulin therapy prevents the progression of diabetic microvascular complications in Japanese patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: a randomized prospective 6-year study. Diab Res Clin Pract. 1995;28:103-117.
The following graph demonstrates a natural decline in insulin production in people with untreated type 2 diabetes.
-- Staged Diabetes Management, International Diabetes Center, Minneapolis.
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