Dr. Kirnesh Pandey

Furniture infected with termites looks pretty well from outside till it crumbles all of a sudden. A patient with high glucose  will suffer significant damage in  his internal organs and most of the time this happens without any symptoms.

The reason  you say that why should you care about your diabetes is largely because you don't have bothersome symptoms on day to day basis. More that 50% percent of patients with diabetes are apparently asymptomatic. Added to this, is the fact that at times many internal complications of diabetes like renal damage or retinal damage may remain silent for years together and may produce symptoms very late. So the reason why should you care about diabetes is that it manages to create havoc very silently just like that termite infesting the  furniture in your house.

The reason why should you care about diabetes is the fact that about about 50% of the subjects had substantial macro- or micro-vascular abnormalities at the time of T2DM diagnosis in a most quoted remarkable UKPDS study.

The reason why should you care about diabetes is the fact that people with diabetes have about twice as high death rates as compared to non-diabetic peers.

The reason why should you care about diabetes is the fact that more than 60% of people with diabetes die due to kidney and cerebrovascular diseases and cardiovascular diseases.

The reason why should you care about diabetes is the fact that diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of blindness world wide.

The reason why should you care about diabetes is the fact that diabetes is a major cause of non-traumatic lower extremity amputations. 

The reason why should you care about diabetes is the fact that permanent disability is a common outcome of diabetes, with late complications of diabetes being major determinants for disability

Don't let your house crumble due to termites.Take a good care of yourself.