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Diabetes ruins almost every part of the body in the long run. Complications in the nervous system gives rise to distorted sensations, inefficiency of the urinary bladder and sexual debility. Complications of the heart and blood vessels results in the hardening and narrowing of the arteries (atherosclerosis) high blood pressure and chronic heart diseases. Diabetic patients are at 5-6 times of higher risk when compared to non-diabetic healthy persons. Diabetes may also damage retina of eyes which gradually results in loss of vision. Other retinal problems like cataract too occurs at early age in diabetics. Disturbance in the respiratory system may also result in an increased susceptibility to infectious diseases of the lungs like tuberculosis. Complications of the digestive system due to diabetes gives undesirable effects. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and gall stones are common in diabetic patients.