Does diabetes type 2 cause heart attacks?
Over time, high blood sugar can damage blood vessels and the nerves that control your heart. This can make one suceptible to heart attacks or a stroke.
Last updated on 20 Mar 2023
Medically fasting is discouraged in patients with high blood sugar levels and heart diseases. It can have a detrimental affect on health specially for people living with type1 and type 2 diabetes.
If blood sugar rises to 400 it will make one suceptible to heart diseases, eye damage, foot damage and in worst cases even amputations.
If you are prediabetic get yourself checked twice a year to prevent disease progression.
People with high blood sugars are more likely to have conditions that raise the risk for heart diseases. They also have high blood pressure that increases the force of blood through your arteries and can damage artery walls making one suceptible to heart disease.
A fasting blood sugar level of 99 mg/dL or lower is normal, 100 to 125 mg/dL indicates you have prediabetes, and 126 mg/dL or higher indicates you have diabetes.
FBS, FBG, Fasting Blood Sugar
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