How dangerous is diabetes?-News-Tianjin Jianhezhi Technology Co., Ltd.

Diabetes itself is not terrible, the terrible thing is the harm caused by its complications.

Diabetes is an independent risk factor for heart and cerebrovascular diseases. Compared with non-diabetic people, the risk of heart and cerebrovascular diseases in diabetic patients is increased by 2 to 4 times1. Diabetes patients are often accompanied by dyslipidemia and hypertension, which are important risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases2;

Patients with type 2 diabetes often have dyslipidemia. Hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia can promote or aggravate angina, myocardial infarction, arrhythmia and other diseases. Therefore, diabetic patients with dyslipidemia should undergo lipid-lowering treatment;

Hypertension is one of the common complications or accompanying diseases of diabetes. The epidemic situation is related to the type of diabetes, age, obesity and ethnicity, and the incidence rate is 30% to 80%3. The coexistence of diabetes and hypertension significantly increases the risk of occurrence and progression of cardiovascular disease, stroke, nephropathy, and retinopathy, and also increases the mortality rate of diabetic patients4;

Type 2 diabetes is an equal-risk disease of coronary heart disease, that is, the harm (case fatality rate) of the two diseases to the human body is similar. Diabetes patients without a history of coronary heart disease have a risk of myocardial infarction for the first time within 10 years> 20%, and diabetic patients who have suffered from myocardial infarction have a risk of recurring myocardial infarction in the future more than 40%5

Diabetes patients often have cerebrovascular diseases, which may cause cerebral hemorrhage, double stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, lacunar cerebral infarction, cerebral embolism and cerebral thrombosis;

Strict control of blood sugar, blood pressure, blood lipids, body weight and other comprehensive treatments are important measures to improve cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases;

Untreated diabetes may cause very dangerous acute complications, such as diabetic ketoacidosis, diabetic non-ketotic hyperosmolar coma and so on.

Good blood sugar control plays an important role in reversing and reducing the complications of type 2 diabetes, reducing disability and mortality, and improving the quality of life of patients with type 2 diabetes.