High risk of stroke for diabetics

Diabetes is a major factor in predisposing a person to a stroke, which can lead to decreased quality of life and even be fatal. Another factor is hypertension. Stoke can present as a feeling of weakness of a limb or one side of the body, disorientation, confusion, imbalance, problems talking, blindness, visual impairment or a bad headache. Stokes are generally associated with older aged people, but diabetes causes sufferers to have strokes at a significantly younger age. The best way of reducing the risk of having a stroke is to maintain tight control over diabetes. This can be achieved through and active, healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet and medication, weight loss and quitting smoking. The persons' efforts can be assessed by testing HbA1C (antigen on red blood cells that allows an overall impression of how well the blood sugar is being controlled over a period of time), keeping blood pressure under 130/80, and keeping cholesterol under 100.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by American Diabetes Association

Related Disease Topics:

• Diabetes
• Stroke
• Hypertension

Related Symptom Topics:

• Limb weakness
• One sided body weakness
• Disorientation
• Confusion
• Imbalance
• Problems talking
• Blindness
• Visual impairment
• Bad headache

Article Source Details

About: High risk of stroke for diabetics

Date: 26 May 2005

Source: American Diabetes Association

URL: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050526/dcth007.html?.v=9

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cause of high blood sugar
• Cause of stroke
• Cause of limb weakness
• Cause of one sided body weakness
• Cause of disorientation
• Cause of confusion
• Cause of imbalance
• Cause of problems talking
• Cause of blindness
• Cause of visual impairment
• Cause of bad headache
• Risk and diabetes
• Risk and stroke
• Risk and hypertension
• Risk and smoking
• Risk and obesity
• Risk and high blood sugar level
• Risk and cholesterol
• Risk and HbA1C
• Diagnosis and limb weakness
• Diagnosis and one sided body weakness
• Diagnosis and disorientation
• Diagnosis and confusion
• Diagnosis and imbalance
• Diagnosis and problems talking
• Diagnosis and blindness
• Diagnosis and visual impairment
• Diagnosis and bad headache
• Medication and diabetes
• Death from stroke

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