It finally happened - Amy and DJ sat down to talk (in detail) about diabetes-related complications and comorbidities. For starters, what’s the difference between them (hint: they are not the same), how can you reduce your chances of getting them (you can’t always), and how do you manage/treat them. The good news is management and treatment options have improved dramatically over the past 30 years. Unfortunately, our pun game has not. So grab your glucose meter and hold on tight for an hour and a half of Amy being unable to pronounce words.

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Reference Links (many!)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2713155/
Incidence of complications for different types of diabetes
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3870323/
Calculating A1C
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771657/
Limitations/Pitfalls of A1C https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3912281/
A1C and Mortality https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/104/8/3345/5393288
A1C and cardiovascular outcomes https://cardiab.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12933-021-01413-4
Epidemeology of neuropathy https://research.monash.edu/en/publications/the-epidemiology-of-diabetic-neuropathy
Vascular Complications and Neuropathy https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa032782
T2 and Preventative Care https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/1097-0142(19930801)72:3+<1113::AID-CNCR2820721328>3.0.CO;2-A
Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR)
https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/gfr
T1, Hashimotos, and Glycemic Control
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8314392/
Cardiovascular Complications in Diabetes https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/199831Trends in Cardiovascular Complications and Diabetes https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/29/1/32/24455/Recent-Trends-in-Cardiovascular-Complications
Diabetes-Related Microvascular and Macrovascular Diseases in the Physical Therapy Setting https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2579903/
Behavioral Diabetes Institute https://behavioraldiabetes.org/

“Variations in comorbidity burden in people with type 2 diabetes over disease duration: A population-based analysis of real world evidence”, Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, Sara Holloway, Rosie Polya, Rebecca Sloan, Linxuan Zhang, Edward W. Gregg, Katy Harrison, Jamie Elvidge, Pall Jonsson, and Thomas Porter