How much does diabetes increase the risk of heart disease?
If you have diabetes, you are twice as likely to have heart disease or a stroke than someone who doesn't have diabetes
Last updated on 09 Dec 2024
People with high blood sugars are more likely to have conditions that raise the risk for heart diseases. They also have high blood pressure that increases the force of blood through your arteries and can damage artery walls making one suceptible to heart disease.
In general anything above 180mg/dl needs medicinal intervention and if your blood sugar level is 194 despite medicines then it is bad.
No 200 blood sugar levels are not normal one needs to bring them down to 140 after eating.
A diabetic person can avoid a heart attack by regularly checking on blood sugar levels are moderately exercising regularly.
A fasting blood sugar level of 100 mg/dL or lower is normal, 100 to 125 mg/dL indicates you have prediabetes, and 126 mg/dL or higher indicates you have diabetes.
FBS, FBG, Fasting Blood Sugar
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