E11.4: Type 2 diabetes mellitus with neurological complications
Type 2 diabetes mellitus with neurological complications is a specific health condition involving high blood sugar levels that persist over a long period of time, which eventually can cause damage to the nervous system. People with this condition often have a history of being resistant to insulin, which is supposed to help regulate blood sugar. When things go wrong in the body's glucose regulation, it results in the condition known as type 2 diabetes. Now, when these high sugar levels go unchecked over a significant period of time, they may start to lead to complications, specifically neurological ones. This could manifest in various ways, such as numbness or tingling in extremities (a condition often referred to as peripheral neuropathy), difficulties with digestion due to damage to the nerves controlling those functions (autonomic neuropathy), or even problems with movement due to damage to the motor nerves. It's also possible to experience multiple of these symptoms.
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