How Can Diabetes Lead To Stroke?

Diabetes Mellitus or Diabetes is a condition wherein a person's body can not produce

enough of its needed insulin or can not absorb the produced insulin. Stroke or brain attack, on the other hand, occurs either when pathways of the blood are clotted or a blood cell ruptures in the brain. How then can diabetes lead to stroke if the former deals more with insulin while the other on blood flow?

Both are actually related because the hormone insulin is excreted by the pancreas into the blood stream. Once in the blood, insulin enables body cells to absorb glucose and convert it to energy. A person who has diabetes needs to manage it by maintaining the right levels of sugar in the blood.

Health problems such as stroke and cardiovascular diseases develop in time if diabetes is not treated accordingly with medication and the right lifestyle. This happens because of two possible scenarios. One, there is scarcity of blood sugar in the blood that your body weakens due to the cells not absorbing its needed energy. Two, not getting the necessary cure for diabetes leads to high levels of blood sugar in the blood.

The second scenario is actually the one that leads to stroke--ischemic stroke, to be exact. The excess glucose or blood sugar in the blood adds to plaque that sticks to the walls of arteries, which in turn may cause blood clots that trigger stroke.

Having high glucose levels also leads to high blood pressure, which is another stroke risk. High blood pressure results since the arteries narrow requiring the heart to produce a stronger pressure of blood in order for it to flow continuously in the body.

To avoid stroke altogether if you are diabetic, there are certain things you need to comply with:

1. Check your blood sugar levels regularly - this will indicate the need for you to take your medication to lower glucose when it is needed

2. Consult your nutritionist often - Nutritionists can prescribe the best food and beverages to take to help normalize your blood sugar, increase your metabolic rate (capacity to burn glucose or calories), among others.

3. Take your medication as prescribed - Never self-medicate. Follow your doctor's advice to the word for your life's on line.

4. Strive to live a healthy lifestyle - Eating the right food is part of a healthy lifestyle together with ample rest and physical activity. Being a way of life, be patient and dedicated in correcting your old habits. What's important is you allow change to take effect gradually to avoid withdrawal symptoms and laziness.

Being diabetic, then, doesn't necessarily mean you'll get a stroke. It may lead to stroke if you become negligent of what you're supposed to do. Avoid complications in your life and health by deciding in your heart that you want to live a healthy, happy life...even with diabetes.

by: Cheow Yu Yuan

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