Another big thing to watch for with diabetes [though this is more of a thing to worry about towards old age] is that diabetes will alter the symptoms of some cardo problems. An elderly relative of mine with diabetes was never warned of this and when he had his first heart attack his only symptoms were a cold sweat followed by an ambiguous feeling of "something isn't right"No pains, tightness sensations or anything normally associated with heart attacks. Cardo is very important to monitor with diabetes because once someone with it develops cardo problems [like heart disease or high blood pressure] they run the risk of cardo-dementia which is an Alzheimer-like brain disorder. Only unlike Alzheimers it does not get progressively worse over time unless either the cardo problem or the diabetes isn't controlled. Each cardo event like a heart attack or period of uncontrolled blood sugar levels will make the brain "decay" and people don't know to worry about it until after their first cardo event like an unexpected heart attack [by which point its too late and there will likely be some kind of unrepairable brain damage]. If my grandparents' generation knew in the 70s & 80s what we know today about cardo & diabetes today they'd have lived longer and not had to end up senile like they did. It was all totally preventable.
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