When higher humidity is present, more water will collect in the pan. If water is not draining properly from the unit to the outside: 1  Check for a clogged drain pipe - clean if necessary.  Check for dirt and debris in the base pan - clean if necessary.
Diabetes and Poor Wound Healing. Wound healing can be slowed drastically in patients with diabetes. Poor wound healing is one of the leading causes of amputation in diabetics. High blood glucose levels, poor circulation and neuropathy are of some of the reason why diabetics heal poorly. Research from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts reveals another possible reason for slow and poor would healing. The molecule, PGC-1 alpha, may be the culprit.
Diabetic retinopathy is a disorder of major public health importance, and one of the major causes of visual loss which cannot be corrected with glasses . The condition is due to damage to the small blood vessels that nourish the retina, the light-sensitive tissue that lines the back of the eye. There are often no symptoms in the early stages of diabetic retinopathy. Therefore, vision may not be affected until the disease becomes severe. At this earliest stage, microaneurysms occur. Microaneurysms are small areas of balloon-like swelling in the retina's blood vessels. 2. As the disease progresses, some blood vessels that nourish the retina are blocked. Many more blood vessels are blocked, depriving several areas of the retina of blood supply.