The survival period of diabetic patients varies from person to person. If the condition of diabetes is not serious and the patient actively takes effective treatment, it is generally not life-threatening; if it causes serious complications, it can be life-threatening.
Diabetes itself is not a life-threatening disease. If it is detected early and treated in a timely manner, it will not cause damage to other organs and systems, and the patient’s survival period will not be shortened as a result.
However, if patients do not actively take effective treatment, it may induce serious emergencies, such as acute severe metabolic disorders, including diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycemia syndrome, which are life-threatening; diabetes mellitus will also induce diabetic macrovascular lesions, diabetic microvascular lesions, infectious diseases, and neurological complications, etc., which are all potentially fatal.
Therefore, diabetic patients should actively seek standardized treatment and closely monitor blood glucose changes to reduce the damage of the disease.