Diabetic encephalopathy leading to dementia can live for an indeterminate period of time, if no serious complications are induced, the patient can survive for a long time.
1. Acute complications of diabetes mellitus: diabetes mellitus once the blood sugar control is not good, it may induce some fatal acute complications, such as hyperosmolar glucose coma and neurological complications, etc., is potentially fatal, need emergency rescue, if the rescue is timely, the prognosis is still good, the later strict control of blood glucose does not affect the life expectancy.
2. Chronic complications of diabetes mellitus, diabetes mellitus blood sugar long-term poor control, will produce macrovascular disease, such as atherosclerosis, which triggered cerebral infarction, may lead to dementia, cerebral infarction prognosis and coma time, location and size of foci, the onset of the speed of the disease, age, the presence of comorbidities, and so on many factors related to. The prognosis of severe cerebral infarction is not good and can be life-threatening.
3. Alzheimer’s disease: it is a kind of central nervous system degenerative disease with insidious onset and chronic progressive course, and is the most common type of dementia in old age. It is the most common type of dementia in old age. It is mainly characterized by progressive memory impairment, cognitive dysfunction, personality changes, language disorders and other mental symptoms, and is usually not fatal.
The length of time you can live with diabetic encephalopathy leading to dementia is uncertain. Strict management of blood glucose is essential to slow down the development of complications and improve the quality of life of diabetic patients. Patients with diabetes need to attend regular follow-up visits to the hospital for assessment of treatment efficacy and related complications.