Each diabetic complication can be avoided. It does, however, take a great commitment to your health and many changes in lifestyle. By keeping a healthy diet and exercising regularly most, if not all, diabetic complications can be prevented.

Diabetic neuropathy is a major diabetic complication that often leads to further damage of the body. This diabetic nerve damage most often affects the feet, causing loss of feeling in the feet. No longer being able to feel, diabetics are at a higher risk of cuts, scrapes, and burn that may go unnoticed. These wounds, being left untreated, often become infected. Nerve damage also may lead to changes in foot or toe shape overtime. If this occurs, special therapeutic shoes will be needed.

High blood pressure is another condition that is common in diabetes. Having diabetes and high blood pressure increases the risk of heart attack, stroke, eye disorders, and kidney disease. …