You are caring for a newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic. The patient is 67 years old and has been found to have what long-term complication of diabetes mellitus?
A) Cardiovascular disease
B) Renal disease
C) Retinal damage
D) Hypertension
Ans: A
Feedback: Long-term complications are seen in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes but usually do not occur within the first 5 to 10 years after diagnosis. However, evidence of these complications may be present at the time of diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, because patients may have had undiagnosed diabetes for many years. Renal (microvascular) disease is more prevalent in patients with type 1 diabetes, and cardiovascular (macrovascular) complications are more prevalent in older patients with type 2 diabetes.
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