End-stage diabetes, which is also called advanced or late-stage diabetes, is the worst and most advanced form of the disease. It causes major problems and harm to many body systems and organs. This stage usually happens after years of not being able to handle diabetes well, where blood sugar levels stay high all the time and cause damage all over the body.
End-stage diabetes can lead to serious problems like kidney failure, eye loss or blindness, nerve damage (neuropathy), heart disease, and foot sores that can be so bad that they need to be cut off. People who have end-stage diabetes often need a lot of medical care, such as medicines, dialysis for kidney failure, and treatments to deal with problems. At this point, changes to your lifestyle like dieting and exercise may not help as much as they could. End-stage diabetes has a big effect on quality of life and needs a lot of medical care to keep symptoms and problems under control. At this point, people need to be closely monitored and work closely with their healthcare providers.