Diabetes and Heart Disease.

According to the American Heart Associations statistics and estimation, heart disease and stroke are responsible for 2/3rd to 3/4th of deaths amongst people with Diabetes.
Heart Disease is found very common with people having Type 2 Diabetes.

What causes Heart Disease?
The most common cause Heart Disease for a diabetic person is hardening of the arteries which is a build up of cholesterol in the blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrition to the heart.

These cholesterol plaques can break apart or rapture, causing blood clots and blocking the blood vessel. This can lead to heart attack. The same process can happen in all the arteries in the body, resulting in lack of blood to the brain, causing a stroke or lack of blood to the feet, hands or arms causing peripheral vascular disease.

People with diabetes are also at higher risk for heart failure, a condition in which the heart is not able to pump blood adequately. This can lead to fluid build up in the lungs, which cause difficulty in breathing or fluid retention in other parts of the body, especially legs that cause swelling.

Please note, chronic diseases like Diabetes, Heart Disease and Stroke can be prevented or controlled by slight shift in life style, food habits and with certain physical and mental processes and exercises.

To know more about prevention and control, we recommend to attend our workshop “Wellness and Holistic Health at Work” and the program on “Stress Management”.