Some patients with Type 1 diabetes for 50 years or longer causes no disease diabetic complications . At the same time, the majority of patients develop diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy (kidney damage), neuropathy (nerve damage), or cardiovascular disease.
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center study found that in some patients with organisms Type 1 diabetes There are certain factors are still not fully established in full, which significantly reduce the risk of diabetic complications , And sometimes even prevent them.
Scientists believe that these diabetics manifested defense mechanism that allows to live a full life without fear of complications. This mechanism differs for microvascular (affecting the small blood vessels) and macrovascular complications. Examples of microvascular complications are damage to the kidneys and nerves, but heart disease related to macrovascular lesions.
The researchers observed the 351 Americans who suffer from Type 1 diabetes . Some of them have lived for 50 years or longer with the disease, all without encountering complications of diabetes . However, those were only a few percent.
Among the remaining 86, 9% was observed nephropathy, at 51, 5% cardiovascular disease in 42% diabetic retinopathy 6, 39, 4% neuropathy. At the same glycemic control had no relation to the protective mechanism.
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