The healthcare provider has decided to not treat an older patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus aggressively. What would be a risk of aggressively treating this patient?
1. Decreased vision acuity
2. Hypoglycemic episodes
3. Frequent skin infections
4. Development of foot ulcers
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Rationale: Decreased vision acuity would not be a risk of treating a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus aggressively.
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