<s>[INST] Is diabetes serious? [/INST] Diabetes is serious. Diabetes can cause serious complications. For example:

People with diabetes are up to two times more likely to develop heart disease and stroke.
Diabetic retinopathy causes 17 per cent of all blindness and vision impairment and is the most common form of blindness in adults 20–74 years.
The rate of lower limb amputation is 15 times higher in people with diabetes than those without diabetes.
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure. People with diabetes develop kidney damage at three times the rate of those who do not have diabetes.

People with diabetes are at similar risk of death to smokers. Over five years people with diabetes are twice as likely to die as people with normal glucose tolerance. Source: Diabetes Victoria. Link: https://www.diabetesvic.org.au/diabetes-faq. Field: Endocrine. Disease: Diabetes </s>