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Diabetes - Silent killer for heart patients 
Add15years.com Add15years.in Author (Prof.) Dr.
S. Om Goel, MD/DM From family of doctors from
AIIMS, MAMC Delhi University MD Medicine,
USA DM/Fellowship, USA
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What is Diabetes?

• Diabetes is a diseases in which your blood
  glucose or blood sugar, level are too high.
• Glucose comes from the foods you eat.
• Insulin is a hormone that helps the glucose get
  into your cell to give them energy.

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What is normal Blood Sugar?

• Normal blood sugar levels are less than 100 mg/dL
  after not eating (fasting) for at least eight
  hours. And they're less than 140 mg/dL two hours
  after eating.
• During the day, levels tend to be at their lowest
  just before meals. For most people without
  diabetes, blood sugar levels before meals hover
  around 70 to 80 mg/dL. For some people, 60 is
  normal for others, 90 is the norm.

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Diabetes - Silent killer for heart patients 

• Over time having too much glucose in your blood
  can cause serious problems.
• It can damage your eyes, heart attack, kidneys
  failure and Nevers.
• Diabetes can also cause Heart diseases stroke and
  even the need to remove a limb.
• Pregnant women can also get diabetes called
  gestational diabetes.

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Diabetes - Increases Heart Attack Risk

• Diabetes can cause several complications, and
  heart disease is a major one.
• Over time, high blood glucose levels can damage
  your blood vessels.
• Poor circulation  can also cause nerve damage,
  leading to a condition known as neuropathy.
• Many people with diabetes are aware of how
  neuropathy can cause pain and tingling.
• But they may not know this can also damage nerves
  elsewhere inside the body, affecting your organs
  like the heart. 

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Several risk factors associated with Diabetes
include

• Family history
• High blood pressure
• Older than age 45
• Ethnicity
• Body mass index above 25 or waist size larger
  than 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women
• Physically inactive

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Author (Prof.) Dr. S. Om Goel, MD/DM From family
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MD Medicine, USA DM/Fellowship, USA
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