Question

a common complication of long-term diabetes is:

blindness.
cancer.
deafness.
alcoholism.

Explanation:

Analyze long-term complications of diabetes

Using the Diabetes Mellitus Epidemiology knowledge point

• Chronic hyperglycemia leads to microvascular damage affecting small blood vessels.
• This damage commonly causes diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness.
• Cancer, deafness, and alcoholism are not primary direct microvascular complications of diabetes.

Answer:

• Blindness. (Correct answer)
• Cancer.
• Deafness.
• Alcoholism.