Diabetics are prone to death from alcohol

Also have risk of developing cancer

Washington, Oct. 13: Turns out, diabetic patients are more likely to die from alcohol- related factors, accidents or suicide.

The study, conducted at the University of Helsinki, suggested that the increased risk of death from these causes may be related to the mental health of patients, which may be adversely affected by the psychological burden of living with and self- treating this debilitating disease, with pote- ntially serious complications. The findings appeared in the European Journal of Endocrinology.

Type- 1 and type- 2 diabetes are highly prevalent global diseases, causing millions of deaths every year.

It is well known that diabetic patients have a higher

◗ In this study, researchers assessed the

alcohol- related, suicides or accidental causes of

death of over 400,000 people with or without diabetes

risk of developing cardiovascular disease, cancer, and kidney disorders, which can lead to earlier death. However, more recently diabetes has been linked to an increased risk of depression but how poor mental health may affect patients with diabetes has not been fully investigated. In this study, researchers assessed the alcohol- related, suicides or accidental causes of death of over 400,000 people with or without diabetes. The study reported that people with diabetes were much more likely to die from alcohol- related factors, accidents or suicide, especially patients that required regular, self-injections of insulin.