Diabetes-Dementia Link: Risk, Prevention, and Future Prospects

Having diabetes can make your brain more likely to get sick, similar to how it can affect your eyes or heart.

This is because too much sugar in your blood for a long time can hurt your brain cells.

Your brain also needs a special helper called insulin to use sugar for energy, and when that doesn't work well, the brain struggles.

This can lead to problems with memory and thinking, and eventually to dementia.

The good news is that taking good care of your diabetes by eating healthy, exercising, and checking your blood sugar can greatly lower this risk.

Doctors are also developing new ways using technology to spot these brain problems early and help prevent them, so people with diabetes can keep their minds healthy as they get older.