Lowering Your Blood Pressure will, Prevent your Risk of Diabetes.

You know the ways to control blood pressure levels but, did you aware that, controlling blood pressure can prevent you from the risk of diabetes, heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, etc. It has been observed that, very often diabetes or pre-diabetes people focus more on controlling their blood sugar levels and forget about maintaining blood pressure and cholesterol levels. This, gave rise to series of other health problems as abnormal levels of either of it, may be glucose, blood pressure or cholesterol is linked to other complications. There are many studies or research conveying relation between diabetes and obesity as one in three diabetes patients are obese but, very less is known about the connection between high blood pressure and diabetes. But, now this fact will no longer be the same as now new research conducted suggest the connection between the two. 

Hypertension & Diabetes
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Did you know that, nearly one million die each year due to diabetes in India. Now let us see how diabetes and hypertension or high blood pressure and diabetes is interlinked to each other. Diabetes can affect arteries by blocking circulation of blood due to atherosclerosis, which further lead to increase in blood pressure. This if not detected on the time or not treated effectively then, it can induce permanent damage to blood vessels, heart attack, stroke or even kidney failure. Hence, diagnosis of diabetes from reputed diagnostic centre with out delay is necessary in order to restrict it further developing into severe complications. As compare to normal people, the individuals suffering from high blood pressure are more prone to get coronary artery disease, strokes, congestive heart failure, or peripheral vascular disease. 

The another reason why blood pressure patients acquire prevention from diabetes is due to, the medication they take for the hypertension. As most commonly used drugs to blood pressure are angiotensin receptor blockers(ARBs), beta-blockers or angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, all of these suppress activity of angiotensin which is responsible for tightening of blood vessels and blood pressure rise. Taking any one of these drugs at bedtime, rather than in the morning, reduced the risk of Type 2 diabetes by between 61% and 69%. 

Now, we will see how hypertension can cause heart disease along with diabetes. It has been observed that, blood vessels that are damage or under immense stress due to high blood pressure and further weakened by diabetes invite heart disease or stroke. Apert from this, it can also contribute to secondary complications of diabetes which include problems with nerves, extremities especially legs, eyes and even sexual behavior. Also, according to the recent research survey individual’s chances of death decreases by around 13% for each 10 mm drop in systolic (upper limit). Hence, control blood pressure for acquiring diabetes prevention.