Because pancreatitis can increase your risk of breathing problems, diabetes, infections, kidney failure, malnutrition and pancreatic cancer, watching what you eat is essential. Eating certain foods can help prevent an attack and reduce symptoms, the University of Maryland Medical Center reports.
Neuropathies related to diabetes can affect 60-70% of people with diabetes. Neuropathy associated with type 2 diabetes may be present at the time of diagnosing diabetes. Neuropathy associated with type 1 diabetes usually develops more than 10 years after the diagnosis of diabetes.
Your doctor will run tests in order to diagnose you with diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage caused by diabetes). These will help the doctor figure out which nerves are damaged and the extent of the damage.