Q: How does diabetes increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke?

With time, raised blood sugar levels can damage the blood vessels and nerves that control the heart. Additionally, people with diabetes are also more likely to have other conditions that raise the risk for heart disease/ stroke such as high blood pressure and deranged cholesterol or triglyceride levels.

Question 1

What can happen to your baby if you have gestational diabetes?

Accepted Answer

Babies of GDM mothers may have more birth weight, preterm birth and respiratory distress, low blood sugar shortly after birth and hypoglycemic seizures, still birth and obesity/ diabetes later in their life.

Question 2

What are the most severe symptoms of diabetes?

Accepted Answer

Fast deep breathing, dry skin & mouth, flushed face, fruity odour, headache, muscle stiffness, extreme fatigue or lethargy, nausea & vomiting, abdomen pain, altered consciousness.

Question 3

How does regular physical activity help prevent diabetes?

Accepted Answer

Physical exercise lowers blood glucose levels and blood pressure, improves blood flow, burns extra calories so you can keep your weight down if needed, improves your mood, can prevent falls and improve memory in older adults, may help you sleep better. Start exercising after speaking to a doctor, start slowly and increase.

Question 4

What are the side effects of insulin injection for diabetics?

Accepted Answer

Redness, swelling, and itching at the injection site,changes in the feel of your skin, skin thickening (fat build-up), or a little depression in the skin (fat breakdown) 
weight gain are possible side effects

Question 5

What is a normal blood sugar for a diabetic at 97?

Accepted Answer

Goal fasting blood sugar is 80 - 130, post prandial blood sugar is < 180 mg/dl.

Question 6

How does diabetes increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke?

Accepted Answer

With time, raised blood sugar levels can damage the blood vessels and nerves that control the heart. Additionally, people with diabetes are also more likely to have other conditions that raise the risk for heart disease/ stroke such as high blood pressure and deranged cholesterol or triglyceride levels.

What can happen to your baby if you have gestational diabetes?

What can happen to your baby if you have gestational diabetes?

Related Questions

What are the most severe symptoms of diabetes?

How does regular physical activity help prevent diabetes?

What are the side effects of insulin injection for diabetics?

What is a normal blood sugar for a diabetic at 97?

How does diabetes increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke?

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