Diabetics have high blood sugar, high lipids, fatty liver disease, and inflammation, which can cause tissue damage throughout the body. Diabetic patients are at high risk for heart attack, stroke, and Alzheimer’s disease; and some estimate 70% of patients with type-2 diabetes will develop Alzheimer’s. Diabetic patients have an increased the risk of cancer of the breast, ovary, and kidney. Co-morbid conditions include cardiovascular disease, recurrent urine infections, kidney disease, metabolic disease, sleep apnea, cognitive decline, and reduced immunity to infections. Diabetic patients often take multiple medications for multiple medical problems.
Diabetes can be caused by a variety of pathogens; or by having two pathogens at the same time, which have a cumulative adverse effect on the pancreas. The type-2 diabetes, cancer, and the co-morbid conditions can be caused by the same pathogens, and the immune response to the pathogens. The co-infections may work alone or together in spreading the pathogens, reducing immunity, and causing chronic disease.
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