9. High blood pressure
Based on statistics, patients with type 2 diabetes usually have high blood pressure as well. Experiencing diabetes elevates a patient’s risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, or any other health problems. This risk also works otherwise: if a patient suffers high blood pressure problems, there is a high risk of ending up in diabetes because all the issues it brings along. In both cases, as each disease starts to pile up, the risk of health problems raises even more.
When determining this problem, most doctors will start procedures and treatments in order to make sure blood pressure is under control. People with diabetes and high blood pressure are frequently given blood pressure drugs (also known as ACE inhibitors). Those medications have the task of becoming angiotensin receptor blockers. The original purpose of ACEs is helping in the protection of kidneys.
Do you want some advice on how to prevent type 2 diabetes? Well, there is a lot. Prevention is mostly focused on lifestyle habits that go from having a balanced diet up to getting a consistent exercise routine, which of course, will keep weight on a reasonable level. Damaging health habits (smoking, or excessive alcohol intake) are a risk factor for every possible body problem; it is especially true in the case of type 2 diabetes. It is also a fact that even having a higher risk of developing this type of diabetes due to heritage, for example, the same healthy path will help in delaying the onset of diabetes.
Now, the good news is, that even if it is not possible to altogether avoid this disease, it is pretty easy to live a normal life with suitable treatment, including insulin injections or tablets; or a combination of them. Medical science is advancing in finding both answers and better treatments every day. So, this is something to step to.
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