How diabetic co-morbidities affect quality of life?
What is diabetes mellitus?
Diabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose (or blood sugar) due to lack of insulin or insulin resistance, which progressively leads to serious complications/damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, nerves etc.
Diabetes, is considered as one of the great global health challenges of the twenty-first century. The countries with the highest number of adults with diabetes include China, India, and the USA.
Those living with diabetes are predisposed to complications such as hypertension, obesity, retinopathy, neuropathy, cardiovascular disease, and diabetic foot disease. Moreover, psychological complications such as anxiety and depression are also common and impact psychosocial life and everyday functioning, contributing to poor quality of life.
Co morbidities of diabetes
Diabetic co-morbidities include neuropathy, nephropathy, retinopathy.
Hypertension
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a condition in which your blood pressure regularly measures above 130 mmHg systolic and 80 mmHg diastolic. As many as 75% of people with diabetes also have hypertension.
Obesity
Obesity is defined as an abnormal or excessive accumulation of body fat that negatively affects health. It’s important to remember that comorbidities aren’t necessarily symptoms of the primary condition, but may still be very closely related. Obesity may lead to diabetes or may simply occur in conjunction with diabetes.
Dyslipidemia
This condition is characterized by an abnormal level of lipids (fats) in the blood. This usually includes increased levels of low-density lipoproteins (LDL), the so-called “bad” cholesterol as well as elevated levels of triglycerides.
Dyslipidemia may be genetic and/or related to lifestyle factors. It shares many of the same risk factors as diabetes and is a highly common comorbidity.
Preventing Comorbidities in Diabetes
If you have diabetes, you can reduce your risk of developing comorbidities by modifying the lifestyle factors that put you at risk, such as
- Maintaining a healthy weight (and losing weight if necessary)
- Quit smoking
- Being physically active
- Controlling your blood sugar levels
- Getting adequate sleep
- Reducing stress
- Following a healthy diet
Dr. JRK’s research and pharmaceuticals brings you D-Co-D, a novel anti diabetic drug to prevent yourself from diabetes and co morbidities of diabetes and lead a healthy life
Diabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose (or blood sugar) due to lack of insulin or insulin resistance, which progressively leads to serious complications/damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, nerves etc.
Diabetes, is considered as one of the great global health challenges of the twenty-first century. The countries with the highest number of adults with diabetes include China, India, and the USA.
Those living with diabetes are predisposed to complications such as hypertension, obesity, retinopathy, neuropathy, cardiovascular disease, and diabetic foot disease. Moreover, psychological complications such as anxiety and depression are also common and impact psychosocial life and everyday functioning, contributing to poor quality of life.
Co morbidities of diabetes
Diabetic co-morbidities include neuropathy, nephropathy, retinopathy.
Hypertension
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a condition in which your blood pressure regularly measures above 130 mmHg systolic and 80 mmHg diastolic. As many as 75% of people with diabetes also have hypertension.
Obesity
Obesity is defined as an abnormal or excessive accumulation of body fat that negatively affects health. It’s important to remember that comorbidities aren’t necessarily symptoms of the primary condition, but may still be very closely related. Obesity may lead to diabetes or may simply occur in conjunction with diabetes.
Dyslipidemia
This condition is characterized by an abnormal level of lipids (fats) in the blood. This usually includes increased levels of low-density lipoproteins (LDL), the so-called “bad” cholesterol as well as elevated levels of triglycerides.
Dyslipidemia may be genetic and/or related to lifestyle factors. It shares many of the same risk factors as diabetes and is a highly common comorbidity.
Preventing Comorbidities in Diabetes
If you have diabetes, you can reduce your risk of developing comorbidities by modifying the lifestyle factors that put you at risk, such as
- Maintaining a healthy weight (and losing weight if necessary)
- Quit smoking
- Being physically active
- Controlling your blood sugar levels
- Getting adequate sleep
- Reducing stress
- Following a healthy diet
Dr. JRK’s research and pharmaceuticals brings you D-Co-D, a novel anti diabetic drug to prevent yourself from diabetes and co morbidities of diabetes and lead a healthy life
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