Diabetes and Heart Disease
Diabetes and Heart Disease India is about to become the Diabetes capital of the world, as India has currently around 7 crores patients with diabetes and this number is expected to go above 12 crores by 2040. Looking at the lifespan of a diabetes patient, around 65% of the patients of diabetes, die due to blood vessel related disease in diabetes and out of them almost 80% of patient die due to heart attack only. In fact Diabetes patients are 2 to 4 times more likely to have Heart disease than people without diabetes. Diabetes patients have 2 to 4 times more risk of heart attack: Dr Jimit Vadgama Diabetologist The increasing incidence of Diabetes in General Population along with Heart Diseases, has also increased the number of patients having both Diabetes & Heart Diseases together. Because of which now it is becoming mandatory for the Treating doctors to mandatory connect Diabetes & Heart Diseases, while treating that patient. Indian diabetes pa...
