Diabetes
and High Blood Pressure: A Very Serious, Yet Treatable, Condition
The likelihood of a diabetic
having high blood pressure is in fact much greater than that of a
person without diabetes and high blood pressure alone is enough of a
health concern. As well, the odds of a person with diabetes and high
blood pressure having heart problems is four time more likely than a
person without either one. Blood pressure is
considered high if a reading of more than 140 over 90 is found. That is
a pressure of 140 systolic, when the heart beats, and 90 diastolic,
between beats when blood is filling the heart. A few of the symptoms of
high blood pressure may be headache, dizziness and blurred vision. If
you have diabetes and high blood pressure is a concern, you should
immediately consult your physician in order to find out what you can do
next. Diabetes and high blood pressure share a
couple of common issues as neither is completely curable and both can
cause serious, life-threatening problems. However, they can both be
controlled. People with controlled diabetes and high blood pressure can
live a normal life provided they take the proper precautions. Lifestyle
and Diet are Keys To Survival People with diabetes
and high blood pressure often share the same admonishments when it
comes to diet and exercise. These simple changes in a
person’s lifestyle can have a profound affect on their
health. Limiting salt, alcohol and nicotine ingestion can greatly
reduce the symptoms of diabetes and high blood pressure. Exercise
is known to improve the health of the heart and the entire
cardiovascular system and daily exercise can help with weight loss,
which can be positive for both diabetes and high blood pressure.
Exercise helps strengthen the cardiovascular system and reduce the risk
of heart attack and stroke. However if a lifestyle has been sedentary
for an extended period of time consultation with a physician is
recommended to insure the body can accommodate a planned regimen. With
diabetes, most common of which is Type II, the body does not produce
enough insulin and can cause vision problems, including blindness,
stroke and heart attack as well as amputation, kidney failure and nerve
damage. The effects of diabetes and high blood pressure are closely
related and proper care must be taken if you have even one so as to
lessen the chances of having them both. Medication
for diabetes and high blood pressure can help but only to a point. A
change in lifestyle will be necessary to improve a person’s
quality, as well as length, of life.
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