TIME TO ACT Type 2 diabetes, the metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease in Europe Hypertension (high blood pressure): damages the smaller vessels in the circulatory system.
{"Image DocumentName": "Tissue damageChronic elevation of blood glucose eventually leads to tissue damage.", "Image ImageDescription": "The kidneys, eyes, peripheral nerves and vascular tree manifest the most significant diabetic complications. The mechanism for this is complex and not yet fully understood. It involves: The direct toxic effects of high glucose levels. The impact of elevated blood pressure. Abnormal lipid levels. Functional and structural abnormalities of small blood vessels. Chronic elevation of blood glucose, even when no symptoms are present to alert the individual to the presence of diabetes, will eventually lead to tissue damage, with consequent, and often serious, disease. Whilst evidence of tissue damage can be found in many organ systems it is the kidneys, eyes, peripheral nerves and vascular tree which manifest the most significant, and sometimes fatal, diabetic complications. Modified from the IDF publication: Diabetes Atlas \u2013 Executive Summary, Second Edition, p.13. Type 2 diabetes, the metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease in Europe.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}