Diabetes with Depression brings major complication.

In a scientific study by researchers it was found out that major complications and problems like kidney failure, heart attacks, strokes and blindness arises when the diabetes patient suffer from depression. The study was carried out among primary health care patients in west Washington. This study was recently published in the journal “Diabetes Care”.

It was found out that among the subjects with type-2 diabetes associated with depression 36% higher risk of developing micro-vascular complication leading to end-stage kidney failure and blindness.

It has a 25% higher risk of macro-vascular problem leading to heart attack due to a blood-colt. The comparison was done among diabetic patients with and without depression. Sample of 3723 primary health volunteers were tested with their medical data since last five year.

A previous study has been found that the people with diabetes are prone to depression and vice versa. Diabetes causes kidney failure or blindness requiring a dialysis and it hamper the routine life of the patient making him depressant or making the existing depression worse.. Authors of the study noted that more investigation and research is required in this field, The researchers said that field based study is required to establish biological mechanism of relation between depression and diabetes.

The family and friends of patients should be active in keeping the patient in cheerful mood without mental stress to elevate his life span and to avoid measure complications like kidney failure heart attack, stroke or blindness.

Another study shows that depression due to diabetes is more common in women in comparison to men. However the psychiatric condition presents as major depression or elevated depression symptoms in 11%(men) and 31%(women), respectively, of adults with diabetes.