About Diabetes

Diabetes is a serious health condition and there is no cure.

If left undiagnosed or poorly managed it can cause heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, blindness, amputation and impotency.

Diabetes is Australia’s fastest growing chronic disease, with approximately 275 people across the nation developing the condition every day.

In Western Australia alone, there are more than 90,000 people diagnosed with diabetes. For every person diagnosed, it is estimated that there is another person who is not diagnosed.

Read about Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.

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