What Every Type 2 Diabetic Should Know
HEART DISEASE
AND STROKE.
Type 2 Diabetes causes
damage to large and small arteries and leads to cardiovascular
disease. As a type 2 diabetic
your chances of a heart attack or stroke increases up to 400%. If you have seen a doctor you
probably have been advised to take aspirin every day to reduce your
risk. Diabetes also leads to
poor blood circulation. Type 2
diabetes is also often accompanied by high cholesterol. Cholesterol can be controlled through
medication and there is some research that suggests that certain foods
help reduce it.
About
65% of deaths among people with diabetes are from heart disease or
stroke. The death rate and risk
is often reduced by controlling the blood pressure, the glucose level,
and the lipid levels.
FOOT PROBLEMS
AND AMPUTATIONS
About 80,000 persons with
diabetes have a leg or foot amputated every year as a result of
diabetes. The risk can be
reduced by regular examination especially of your feet and by patient
education. Because diabetes
causes neuropathy you may not be able to sense injury to your limbs and
therefore if you work or play in an environment where you are in danger
of dropping something heavy on your toes, you may in addition to
examining your own feet daily, opt to wear steel toe shoes ad and
gloves during the times you are engaged in these activities. Type 2 diabetes
also leads to foot problems, because of the poor blood circulation that
is often associated with diabetes.
KIDNEY DISEASE.
About 38,000 persons with
diabetes develop kidney failure each year. Glucose level and blood pressure
control reduces your risk about of diabetes-related kidney failure.
EYE DISEASE AND BLINDNESS.
About 12-20,000 persons become blind every year,
because of diabetes related eye disease. Screening and care should reduce your
risk about 90% of diabetes-related blindness.
SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION. About 70% of all
adult males with diabetes suffer or will suffer from sexual dysfunction
or impotence as result of diabetes.
NERVE DAMAGE. About 65%
of all persons with diabetes have some form of nervous system
damage. Neuropathy can result in
numbness, tingling, and paresthesias in the
extremities. Peripheral
neuropathy can manifest itself as tingling, pain, or a loss of feeling
of the feet and legs. This makes
foot ulcers and foot infections more common, and increases the
possibility of amputation. The nerves that trigger normal movements of
the stomach and intestines can become less predictable. This can result in nausea,
constipation or diarrhea. Your circulation
has to make some adjustments to when standing by moving blood from your
toes to your torso. The
circulation of your blood relies on nerve signals to know when to make
the adjustment. The signals can fail in diabetics, leaving you with low
blood pressure and lightheadedness when you are standing. A nerve that controls a single muscle
can lose its function. Among other things this might result in eye
movement problems with double vision, or drooping of the cheek on one
side of the head.
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