Diabetics are more prone to the potentially fatal bacteremia and sepsis

It has long been known that diabetes is linked to obesity and can cause kidney problems, nerve damage, blood vessel damage and blindness. A recent study has found that diabetics may also be more prone to blood infections or sepsis which can lead to fever and septic shock. Septic shock can cause a dramatic drop in blood pressure which can be fatal. The Danish research involving over 1,300 subjects with bacteremia found that 17% of them had diabetes compared to 6% in the general population. Thus, they concluded that diabetics were more likely to develop bacteremia cause by urinary tract infection rather than abdominal infections and they were more likely to die from the condition than non-diabetics. It has been noted that diabetics are more prone to urinary tract infections and thus their risk of bacteremia increases. Diabetics who are prone to UTI"s should avoid known risk factors such as catheterization and symptoms of UTI or bacteremia should be dealt with promptly.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Medical News Today

Related Disease Topics:

• Diabetes
• Obesity
• Overweight
• Kidney disorder
• Nerve damage
• Blood vessel damage
• Blindness
• Blood infection
• Sepsis
• Bacteremia
• Urinary tract infection
• Abdominal infection (see Abdominal symptoms)
• UTI

Related Symptom Topics:

• Fever
• Septic shock
• Low blood pressure

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About: Diabetics are more prone to the potentially fatal bacteremia and sepsis

Date: 28 January 2005

Source: Medical News Today

URL: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=19364

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Type 1 diabetes
• Type 2 diabetes
• Death from blood infection
• Death from sepsis
• Death from bacteremia
• Death from fever
• Death from septic shock
• Death from low blood pressure
• Cause of diabetes
• Cause of obesity
• Cause of overweight
• Cause of kidney disorder
• Cause of nerve damage
• Cause of blood vessel damage
• Cause of blindness
• Cause of blood infection
• Cause of sepsis
• Cause of bacteremia
• Cause of urinary tract infection
• Cause of abdominal infection
• Cause of UTI
• Cause of fever
• Cause of septic shock
• Cause of low blood pressure
• Risk and diabetes
• Risk and obesity
• Risk and overweight
• Risk and kidney disorder
• Risk and nerve damage
• Risk and blood vessel damage
• Risk and blindness
• Risk and blood infection
• Risk and sepsis
• Risk and bacteremia
• Risk and urinary tract infection
• Risk and abdominal infection
• Risk and UTI
• Risk and fever
• Risk and septic shock
• Risk and low blood pressure
• Research
• Research and diabetes
• Research and obesity
• Research and overweight
• Research and kidney disorder
• Research and nerve damage
• Research and blood vessel damage
• Research and blindness
• Research and blood infection
• Research and sepsis
• Research and bacteremia
• Research and urinary tract infection
• Research and abdominal infection
• Research and UTI
• Research and fever
• Research and septic shock
• Research and low blood pressure

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