Prevention

Complications & Prevention

One of the main aims of managing Type 1 diabetes is preventing the long-term complications that years of above-target blood sugar can cause. These guides explain each one plainly — eyes, kidneys, nerves, feet and heart — and, just as importantly, how regular screening catches problems early, before they affect you.

The reassuring truth is that these complications are far from inevitable. Keeping blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol in range, not smoking, and attending your annual checks are what tip the odds firmly in your favour.