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(from New York Times)

Summer can be uncomfortable for anyone. But for people with diabetes, the heat and humidity can be particularly hazardous.

One of the complications of diabetes, both Type 1 and Type 2, is an impaired ability to adjust to rises in temperature, which can cause dangerous increases in body temperature during the summer. The underlying problem, nerve damage, occurs in 60 to 70 percent of Americans with diabetes; it can affect nearly every organ in the body, including sweat glands. When nerve damage keeps the sweat glands from working properly, the body fails to cool down as the mercury rises.

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Research Shows Diabetes Makes You Sensitive To Heat  was originally published on elev8.com