Diabetes Induced
Diabetes induced
For drugs (eg corticosteroids) or rare genetic diseases (chronic pancreatitis, etc.)..
Diabetes: why is a cardiovascular risk factor so important?
Whether insulin production is insufficient if there is resistance to its action, glucose accumulates in the blood (called hyperglycemia), progressively damages the blood vessels (arteries and veins) and accelerates the process of atherosclerosis by increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease: angina, myocardial infarction (and their complications and mortality after infarction) and sudden cardiac death. The cardiovascular risk of a diabetic having a cardiovascular event has matched that of a non-diabetic who has had a heart attack.
It also increases the possibility of cerebrovascular disease or peripheral artery involvement. To enter the brain glucose does not need insulin, because it moves directly from the blood. Maintain constant levels of blood glucose (between 60-110 mg / dl) avoids damage to nervous system.
Diabetes can damage different organs: the eyes, with progressive decrease in vision that can lead to blindness, to the kidneys, with increased loss of kidney function that may result in dialysis; the peripheral nervous system with altered sensitivities lower limbs, which poses a serious risk of ulcers and amputations, the autonomic nervous system with digestive disorders, urinary and sexual sphere
(impotence) and lower extremity arteries with risk of amputation.
