Heart Disease and Diabetes

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Heart Disease and Diabetes
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What is it?

• Furring up Narrowing of the heart arteries
• Think of lime scale?
• Repairing wear and tear with cholesterol

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What is the risk to me?

• high risk of heart disease
• 2-5 times greater
• You are a priority group for CVD prevention

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What makes wear tear more likely?

• Diabetes particularly if poorly controlled
• Smoking including passive
• Hypertension
• Cholesterol is used in process of repair

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Other risk factors

• High levels of cholesterol
• Limited diet? High alcohol
• Lack of fitness
• Being overweight
• These are all modifiable able to change

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What might happen if my arteries fur up?

• Effects of inflammation/damage
• Gradual onset of chest tightness
• Angina

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Sudden serious chest painHeart Attack?

• Emergency situation call 999

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Will I get pain?

• Diabetes may effect nerves - heart attacks or
  angina without pain
• Watch out for other symptoms
• Profuse sweating, extra breathlessness, feeling
  unwell, light-headedness

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What about Cholesterol?

• Targets
• Total cholesterol less than 4
• LDL (bad) cholesterol less than 2
• Achieved by diet and Statins

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• The higher the cholesterol level in the blood the
  higher the risk of heart disease

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What can we do to reduce the risks?

• YOU
• Think what do I need to do to keep myself
  healthy?
• Stop smoking!
• Good sugar control
• Eat healthily
• Regular exercise
• Loose weight if needed

• US
• Regular examinations
• Help you improve control
• Monitor BP treat
• Cholesterol treat
• Other risk factors?
• Provide information

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Recap

• You are the lucky ones
• you now know the risks
• Think about what you need to do to stay healthy
• Change what can be changed