Complications of Diabetes Mellitus: A Global Perspective

Diabetes mellitus is a global epidemic with severe complications that  can be of great cost. This book focuses on the complications of  hypertension, heart attack or heart failure, stroke, blindness,  nephropathy, neuropathy, amputations, and death, along with the  prevalence and prevention of disease development. It explains  distribution of the disease by age and gender, such as the development  of type II diabetes in relation to obesity, which is more prevalent in  younger age groups. Global mortality and costs of complications are  significant, as the disease affects all ages, races, and ethnicities,  making this book an invaluable resource for healthcare professionals and  students everywhere.

Key Features
A useful ready  reference for students, physicians, and healthcare professionals  detailing the latest diagnostic tests and treatments of diabetes and its  complications
Explains how heart failure and stroke are deadly  complications of diabetes along with kidney failure and life-threatening  infections
Establishes how cancer is linked to diabetes – a fact  many people are not aware of – this book details the six types of  cancer that may result from the disease, along with an individualized  focus on the different "areas" of issues that occur from diabetes
Discusses  the effect of diabetes on the minds of patients, in relation to  depression, anxiety, panic, PTSD, eating disorders, delirium, and  dementia