Whats the effects if u have type 2 diabetes and dont do anything about it? no insulin or pills or anything??

Type 2 Diabetes Complications

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Heart Disease and Stroke
People with diabetes have extra reason to be mindful of heart and blood vessel disease. Diabetes carries an increased risk for heart attack, stroke, and complications related to poor circulation.

Kidney Disease
Diabetes can damage the kidneys, which not only can cause them to fail, but can also make them lose their ability to filter out waste products.

Eye Complications
Diabetes can cause eye problems and may lead to blindness. People with diabetes do have a higher risk of blindness than people without diabetes. Early detection and treatment of eye problems can save your sight.

Further Reading . . .
Type 2 Diabetes Complications. allows you to understand how and when to check your blood sugar. This book also tells you what to do with the results in order to help free yourself from diabetes complications. Includes a newly updated chapter on medications and monitoring as well as current ADA treatment guidelines. For more books on healthy living, click here.

Diabetic Neuropathy and Nerve Damage
One of the most common complications of diabetes is diabetic neuropathy. Neuropathy means damage to the nerves that run throughout the body, connecting the spinal cord to muscles, skin, blood vessels, and other organs.

Foot Complications
People with diabetes can develop many different foot problems. Foot problems most often happen when there is nerve damage in the feet or when blood flow is poor. Learn how to protect your feet by following some basic guidelines.

Skin Complications
As many as one-third of people with diabetes will have a skin disorder caused or affected by diabetes at some time in their lives. In fact, such problems are sometimes the first sign that a person has diabetes. Luckily, most skin conditions can be prevented or easily treated if caught early.

Gastroparesis and Diabetes
Gastroparesis is a disorder that affects people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Depression
Feeling down once in a while is normal. But some people feel a sadness that just won't go away. Life seems hopeless. Feeling this way most of the day for two weeks or more is a sign of serious depression.

You sure don't need any of these. For real!

If you keep your blood sugar down with diet and exercises, you can go along without complications. However, if you don't keep your blood sugar down using diet, exercise and/or medication, you can lose eyesight, extremities, kidney disease, heart attack, stroke, and the list goes on. Diabetes is a very serious disease. And it's a progressive disease, even if you're able to keep your blood sugar down now without medications, you may not be able to down the road and may need to use medication. If you are to the point of needing insulin, there is no choice, you must use medications to keep the blood sugar in balance.

how about death, blindness. Diabetes is the jab that sets you up for a cardiovascular death. Please manage this see your dr. Good luck.