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Microvascular Disease

For Microvascular Disease we have a term and definition in Diabetes.



Microvascular Disease (Diabetes)

Disease of the smallest blood vessels that sometimes occurs when a person has had diabetes for a long time. The walls of the vessels become abnormally thick but weak, and therefore they bleed, leak protein, and slow the flow of blood through the body. Then some cells, for example, the ones in the center of the eye, may not get enough blood and may be damaged.


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