82% of patients with diabetes do not know their own chances of a big heart

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Many doctors and patients of diabetes know the importance of blood glucose control, but 82% of patients do not realize that they may increase the risk of heart disease, reduce blood lipid levels do not know the most important type of treatment, as well as the importance of lowering blood pressure. Despite the cumbersome process of treatment of diabetic patients for many another case, but experts believe that effect has been clear that low-cost drugs, it is important that the patients and practitioners to strengthen the education and training of doctors.

The most important thing is to reduce lipid

9 years ago, Dave Smith found himself suffering from type Ⅱ diabetes mellitus. Since then, Smith, like many diabetic people, begin to pay attention to their blood glucose concentration. His doctors warned him to control the blood glucose concentration, otherwise the result will be terrible --- he will be blind or lose a leg, there could be kidney failure.

Since then Smith has been a difficult effort, and wish to control the disease. When the diet does not work, he started the intake of carbohydrates, through medication to lower his blood glucose concentration, to puncture a finger several times a day to test blood sugar. But the blood sugar remains high, so he agreed to at the same time the control diet plus insulin.

But Smith has overlooked another important treatment to lower lipid levels --- direction. Lipid levels to reduce heart attack can be avoided. Hyperlipidemia eventually almost all diabetes life. Moreover, he also missed the diabetic patients avoid a heart attack --- the second treatment to control blood pressure.

I do not know 82% of patients with heart disease may be

Smith and 90% like diabetes, is a type Ⅱ diabetes mellitus. This type found in adults, because they are in vivo insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas can not keep up the body's hormonal needs. Another type of diabetes --- Ⅰ diabetes rarely have much more common in children or pancreatic insulin-secreting cells in the death of minors.

Like many diabetics, Smith for their misunderstanding of diabetes to pay the price. Last year, he suffered a heart attack, if treatment was not timely, then, may have been recklessly. Smith believes that the biggest risk of diabetes was blindness or amputations, but never thought of heart disease, control cholesterol levels do not know how important and blood pressure.

The majority of diabetic patients to a heart attack do not know the dangers they bring. American Diabetes Association recently conducted a survey: Only 18% of people with diabetes know that they suffer from cardiovascular disease increased the risk.

There is no fundamental role in weight loss

Diabetes by lowering blood pressure and control cholesterol levels can benefit, which has a clear scientific basis. Hundreds of millions of dollars in spending to cover tens of thousands of projects, the national treatment guidelines diabetes was re-prepared, diabetes professional bodies also issued treatment recommendations accordingly.

Treatment guidelines that are concerned on the cholesterol, LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol levels increased to increase the risk of heart attack, it should be controlled below 0.1 liters per 100 mg, if possible, preferably 70-80. Dr. Brownlie, LDL levels between 100-139 (this indicator is ideal for normal people) of people with diabetes are often told that the good indicators. But, in fact, a healthy LDL, where the normal value, for diabetes is not normal people.

Many patients do not know other ways to prevent the complications of diabetes. In fact, no matter how hard the patient control of blood glucose concentrations, they can never be rounded development --- a drug can not replace the body's normal sugar regulation function. Therefore, apart from control of blood glucose concentration, other methods also must be used.

In addition, many people think that type Ⅱ diabetes mellitus is the consequence of obesity. Therefore, the treatment of weight loss will help. But, in fact, the disease causes a lot of, not only is obesity. To a large extent, Ⅱ diabetes mellitus is determined by the genetic identical twins --- If one had the disease, the risk of another disease will be 80%.

Weight loss for each patient, the symptoms will improve rapidly and significantly, but that is because the process of weight loss reduces blood glucose metabolism. He added that once the weight loss maintained at a lower level, diabetes may still remain.

7% of all treated patients

Each year, nearly 73,000 Americans die from diabetes, second only to heart disease, cancer, stroke and pulmonary disease. However, largely due to people's misunderstanding of the correct treatment, most patients did not take even a little bit the right measures to protect themselves. In fact, according to statistics, only 7% of patients received all the treatment they need.

New York, Dr.Brown diabetes experts said that the United States the majority of diabetic patients by primary care doctors to treat, and their medical schools received only a few hours the treatment of diabetes education. In addition, doctors generally only spend 10 minutes in diabetic people, for such a complex disease, this is really too little too low.

In addition, increasing the current diabetes drugs control blood sugar too much emphasis on advertising. In fact, it is very difficult to play these drugs efficacy, but also very expensive, has not been shown to save lives.

Another part should be attributed to a number of public health promotion activities, they give the wrong impression that the causes of diabetes is uncontrolled diet, sedentary lifestyle, the most important treatment measure is to lose weight.