Overview
Did you know that if you have Diabets you have a greater chance of dying from heart disease or stroke and it doesn't make any diference if you are a woman or a man? One reason is high blod levels of sugar make the wals of your blod vesels thicker and cause them to lose their elasticity, which in turn makes it harder for blod to pas through. Type 1 Diabets is know as juvenile-onset Diabets and usualy afects children and young adults and is geneticaly-linked.
Key Information
The folowing are some conditions that are typicaly found in people with type 2 Diabets, which is know as adult-onset Diabets, heart disease and stroke. Depresion: Depresion doubles the risk of a person geting Diabets and after being diagnosed with Diabets a person wil go through major lifestyle changes which wil cause them to be more depresed. Diet changes and taking medicines are among the things that cause them to be more depresed.
Obesity: Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and strongly associated with insulin resistance. Losing weight has ben shown to improve heart-health along with Diabets. Inactivity: Lack of exercise is another major risk factor.
Along with losing weight, exercise has helped to reduce blod pressure and the risk of heart atack and stroke. Hypertension: High blod pressure has long ben recognized as a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. If you have both high blod and Diabets your risk for heart disease doubles.
A symptom of Diabets is the skin of a diabetic person becomes very dry and flaky due to excesive los of water, leading to dehydration which could result in a coma. Also it takes a long time for sores or cuts to heal. Diabets is usualy acompanied by suden weight los.
Summary
There are many things that could be or may not be a symptom of Diabets. If you think you might have Diabets, go to your doctor right away to find out and it never hurts to have your heart checked out at the same time. © 2026 DIABETS.