PREDIABETES
Prediabetes may cause other health complications such as :
In a stroke, a damaged or blocked blood vessel cuts off blood supply to the brain2. Diabetes can make it harder for your body to respond to a stroke as excess blood sugar causes clots or fat buildups in blood vessels and makes it harder for blood to reach the brain2.
Having high sugar in your blood can damage nerves that control your heart and blood vessels that will in turn put you at a higher risk of developing heart disease3.
Long-term high blood sugar levels can damage the nerves and cause difficulty sensing pain and heat, which can result in unnoticed injury and increase the risk of amputation4.
People with diabetes are at significant risk of losing the proper functioning in the kidneys because diabetes affects the arteries of the body and kidneys filter blood from many arteries5.
High blood glucose levels can cause eye blood vessels to swell up and leak fluid into the back of the eye. If left untreated, it can affect vision and even lead to blindness7.
Type 2 Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that occurs when the body becomes resistant to insulin and this causes high blood sugar1.
Protein in urine indicates the kidney damage that may progress to kidney failure, which requires the need for regular dialysis or a kidney transplant6.
What places you at risk of
prediabetes?
Overweight or obesity
OVERWEIGHT OR OBESITY
High blood pressure
High blood pressure
History of gestational diabetes
History of gestational diabetes
Family history of diabetes
Family history of diabetes
Abnormal cholesterol levels
Abnormal cholesterol levels
References:
- International Diabetes Federation. 2020. Type 2 Diabetes. https://www.idf.org/aboutdiabetes/type-2-diabetes.html.
- Pietrangelo, A. (n.d.). Diabetes and stroke: Is there a connection? Healthline. https://www.healthline.com/health/diabetes/diabetes-and-stroke
- The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. 2017. Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/preventing-problems/heart-disease-stroke#:~:text=Over%20time%2C%20high%
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20to,age%20than%20people%20without%20diabetes. - Aaron Vinik, Carolina Casellini and Marie-Laure Nevoret. 2018. Diabetic Neuropathies. Endotext. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279175/.
- Diabetic kidney disease. (2017, February 11). National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/preventing-problems/diabetic-kidney-disease
- Topham P. 2009. Proteinuric renal disease.Clinical Medicine (London). 9(3): 284-289. doi:10.7861/clinmedicine.9-3-284.
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). 2017. Diabetic Eye Disease. NIDDK, May. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/preventing-problems/diabetic-eye-disease.
- Mayo Clinic. 2020. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/prediabetes/symptoms-causes/syc-20355278#:~:text=Your%20risk%20of%
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20develop%20prediabetes. - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2020. The Surprising Truth About Prediabetes. https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/library/features/truth-about-prediabetes.html.
- John R. Petrie, Tomasz J. Guzik, and Rhian M. Touyz. 2018. Diabetes, Hypertension, and Cardiovascular Disease: Clinical Insights and Vascular Mechanisms. The Canadian Journal of Cardiology 34(5): 575–584. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5953551/.
- Lynn R. Mack and Paul G. Tomich. 2017. Gestational Diabetes: Diagnosis, Classification, and Clinical Care. Obstetrics and Gynecology: Maintenance of Knowledge 44 (2): 207–217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ogc.2017.02.002.
- Gylling H, Hallikainen M, Pihlajamäki J, et al. Insulin sensitivity regulates cholesterol metabolism to a greater extent than obesity: Lessons from the METSIM Study. Journal of Lipid Research. 51(8): 2422-2427. doi:10.1194/jlr.P006619.
- Insulin resistance & prediabetes. (2018, May 22). National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/what-is-diabetes/prediabetes-insulin-resistance
