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Suffering from diabetes for 7 years and still cannot quit smoking

2019-12-12T06:19:57.219Z


If diabetes is poorly managed, it can easily lead to complications and even heart problems. Some elderly people still cannot quit smoking within a few years of being diagnosed with diabetes. They even despise the "heartache" problem and mistake it for stomach pain. Until the age of 70, he had a heart attack, and after being sent to the hospital, he underwent a thorough surgery and started to quit smoking. Cardiac specialist Chen Yixian pointed out that similar cases are very common. Many diabetic patients have multiple high-risk factors at the same time, including high cholesterol and high blood pressure. It is recommended that patients should do good diet management and develop exercise habits.


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Written by: Huang Yongyu

2019-12-12 13:26

Last updated: 2019-12-12 14:13

If diabetes is poorly managed, it can easily lead to complications and even heart problems. Some elderly people still cannot quit smoking within a few years of being diagnosed with diabetes. They even despise the "heartache" problem and mistake it for stomach pain. Until the age of 70, he had a heart attack, and after being sent to the hospital, he underwent a thorough surgery and started to quit smoking.

Cardiac specialist Chen Yixian pointed out that similar cases are very common. Many diabetic patients have multiple high-risk factors at the same time, including high cholesterol and high blood pressure. It is recommended that patients should do good diet management and develop exercise habits.

The heart health organization "Heart Health Train" points out that, if diabetes is poorly managed, it can easily lead to complications and even heart problems. (Photo by Huang Yongyu)

I have never quit smoking and my heart has been determined

Mr. Li, 73 years old, has been diagnosed with diabetes for about ten years. Although he has a habit of exercising, he could not quit his diet and smoking habit for 50 years at first, so he had the "three highs" problem. It was not until three years ago when he experienced a heart attack that he was determined to quit smoking. He recalled that he had been seeking medical treatment from a family doctor at the time, and mistakenly thought it was stomachache. However, when he was on the bus, his heart position was very painful. Hair, need to do Tongbo Tsai surgery immediately, and stay in hospital for 2 days in the intensive care department.

Concerned about the heart disease organization "Heart Health Train" convener and cardiologist Chen Yixian, cases similar to Mr. Li are very common clinically. Many people with diabetes have multiple high-risk factors at the same time due to lifestyle issues, including high cholesterol, High blood pressure, etc., "When the factors are dense, it is easy to have lesions." He explained that the walls of blood vessels harden, causing the inner wall of the heart to thicken.

Only 3% of people know that sudden weight gain is an important symptom of heart failure

Chen Yixian also pointed out that in order to understand the self-management situation of diabetic patients and the degree of alertness to heart failure, the "Heart Health Train" interviewed 339 patients between September and October this year and found that about half of them had hypertension and high cholesterol at the same time , Smoking rate reached 16%, and more than half of patients did not exercise.

Chen mentioned that although 77% of the respondents knew that diabetes could cause heart failure, only an average of 20% of the respondents knew that foot edema, decreased motor function, and loss of appetite were common symptoms, and almost all of them did not know that their weight had risen sharply. It is an important symptom of heart failure. "Some patients gain ten pounds a week."

Smoking can cause a variety of cardiovascular diseases. (Profile picture / Photo by Wu Zhongkun)

150 minutes of exercise a week

Endocrinology and diabetes specialist Zhou Rongxin suggested that good blood sugar management includes improvement in lifestyle habits such as diet and exercise. "Should do 150 minutes of exercise a week." Follow up on time and take medicine. Regularly check for complications and close Monitor for symptoms.

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Source: hk1

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