People with diabetes have the same high risk for a heart attack as people that have already suffered a MI

Here is a scary one for you… The Journal of the American Heart Association is reporting that people with diabetes have the same high risk for a heart attack or stroke as persons who have had a heart attack previous. When people with diabetes do have heart attacks, they are also twice as likely to die as a result.

It is so important that we take care of ourselves and our blood sugars. I know you know this or you wouldn’t be here reading this. Sometimes it scares me. Being a nurse is both a blessing and a curse, I wish I didn’t know so much sometimes, but that isn’t the answer either.

Researchers said “the major finding of this study is that all patients age 30 and older who require glucose-lowering treatment are at a particularly high risk of cardiovascular death and disease, comparable to that of non-diabetics with a prior heart attack, regardless of sex and diabetes type.”

Does this scare you or just fuel your quest to keep up with your treatment and healthy lifestyle choices?

via Science Daily