One cause of kidney failure is diabetes mellitus, a condition characterised by high blood glucose (sugar) levels. Over time, the high levels of sugar in the blood damage the millions of tiny filtering units within each kidney. ... The risk is related to the length of time the person has diabetes.
Homelessness are social problem that impacts the health of a community for they are prone for a broad range of acute and chronic illnesses because they lack proper nutrition, good hygiene and they could be deprived of medical assistance.
Once they are sick, they could spread the infection to one community to the other because they have the tendency to hop on one place to the other where they can take shelter. Therefore, they could be a carrier of bacteria and viruses that will put the health of a community at risk.
