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    Can Diabetes cause renal disease?

    Diabetes is a serious metabolic disorder characterized by high level of blood sugar and caused by lack or lower level of insulin hormone. As per WHO, there are 422 million people suffer from diabetes worldwide. It is one of the top 10 causes of death globally and also reported as one of the major causes of blindness, kidney failure, stroke, cardiovascular diseases and lower limb amputation.   Type of diabetes  There are mainly three types of diabetes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes. Type 1 (also called juvenile diabetes) is caused by an autoimmune reaction which destroys the beta cells of pancreas that produces insulin. This reaction led to absence or low level of insulin…