As several conditions predispose to the development of diabetes or loss of diabetic regulation, so does diabetes predispose to the development of other conditions.

• Urinary tract infections:kidney infections, particularly, can be smoldering and insidious, and may result in serious irreparable damage to either or both kidneys.
  
  
• Cataracts: although cataracts can be surgically addressed, it is important to realize that insulin adjustments and therefore blood glucose levels may be temporarily altered during the procedure and some degree of dysregulation is likely to occur for a few days after the surgery. Also, diabetic patients should be reasonably well adjusted to their disease prior to surgery; ketotic animals do not make good candidates for anesthesia or further physiologic stress.

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