Health Library
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Diabetes and Infections
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Learn the signs of infection with diabetes so that small skin problems don't become serious.
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High blood sugar from diabetes can affect the body's immune system, impairing the ability of white blood cells to come to the site of an infection, stay in the infected area, and kill microorganisms. Because of the buildup of plaque in blood vessels associated with diabetes, areas of infection may receive a poor blood...