There is no scientific research to determine how long you can live with advanced diabetes symptoms, it depends on different disease conditions and should be treated actively. 1. Diabetic nephropathy: If the condition worsens, chronic renal failure may occur, leading to uremia. Without dialysis, it is life threatening. The survival time of dialysis patients can be relatively prolonged. 2. Diabetic foot: some advanced patients may develop severe diabetic foot, which is manifested by severe skin infection and breakdown of the lower limbs, and even requires amputation, and may be fatal in severe cases. 3. Other diseases: advanced diabetes mellitus is also prone to pyelonephritis, cystitis and other infections, which are easy to recur and may cause sepsis in severe cases; it is also prone to coronary heart disease, cerebral infarction and other macrovascular complications. With the symptoms of advanced diabetes, you should actively cooperate with the treatment and keep an optimistic attitude.