Doc, tell me, how prone are diabetic patients to cardiovascular problems?
Diabetic patients are much more prone to complications like stroke, kidney problem, cardiac complications and problems related to the arteries of the leg. The susceptibility of a diabetic patient to manifest heart attack, kidney disease and gangrene is around three to four times higher than a person without diabetes. What kind of cardiac complications are diabetics are prone to? Diabetes leads to a high circulation of the blood sugar level. This affects the internal layer of blood vessel making it much more permeable for cholesterol deposition. Cholesterol deposits in the blood vessels of brain, heart and leg arteries lead to complications. Also, diabetes increases stickiness of blood leading to blood clot in the blood vessels easily. Thus, heart attack due to blockages of blood vessels or angina (70 to 80 per cent of cardiac blockage) is not uncommon among diabetic patients. A long term diabetic patient can also develop heart muscle dysfunction. You led me to my next question. What ar
