Complications associated with diabetes, may be sub-divided this in three parts:

1. Short Term;

• Such as hypoglycemia, (Insulin Reaction) can happen any time. This can result in Diabetic Coma and Dead, if not discovered in time.

1. Medium Term;

• Diabetic Ketoacidosis (Diabetic Coma) Can be potentially Fatal, (type I)

• Non-Ketotic hyperglycaemic-hyperosmolar Coma (HKHHC) (type II)

1. Long Term;

• Cardiovascular (heart) Disease and Stroke, (Angiopathy). A Person with Diabetes has its risk increased six fold !

• High Blood Pressure, (Angiopathy), 60 to 65% of all diabetics has High Blood Pressure, increasing Cardiovascular (heart) Disease and Stroke.

• Lower Limb Amputation. (Neuropathy), Having Diabetes increases the risk of amputations some fifteen-fold. The highest risk is over 40 years of age and having Diabetes at least 10 years.

• Diabetic Eye Disease ( D iabetic R etinopathy) The Canadian National Institute for the Blind reported that over the past three years D.R. has been the second leading cause of vision loss for all age groups.

• Kidney Disease, (Nephropathy). The newly diagnosed Kidney Failure cases have doubled in the last 15 years, from 16% to 28%. As of the end of 1996, 3,300 Canadians with Diabetes were being treated for Kidney Failure, usually by Dialysis.

• Nerve System Disorders, (Neuropathy), about One-Half of all Persons with Diabetes experience problems with the transmission of Nerve Impulses (From Mild to Severe) resulting in Amputations.