“Does having diabetes affect your heart function or no?”
I am a 16 year old male with diabetes. Does having diabetes affect your heart function or no?
5 Answers
Yes, but indirectly. If the diabetes in not "well controlled," also watch for high blood pressure which is common in diabetes and should be treated early. However, diabetes in itself is not the cause of the high BP. If you just have diabetes and are controlling it well, then the question of heart disease rests on your genetics, not just the diabetes.
Yes. It can affect your blood vessels/coronary arteries and your cholesterol. You need to manage your blood sugars really well.
It can. Diabetes increases the likelihood of developing coronary disease. It also can cause a weaker heart muscle, or cardiomyopathy, by depositing fatty tissue in the heart.
It does not directly affect your heart function, but can later in life. The risk factors for coronary artery disease (narrowing of the arteries that feed the heart and can lead to a heart attach) are being male, being black, diabetes, smoking, obesity, inactivity, high cholesterol, and family history. Diabetes is one of the risk factors for heart problems later in life.
Yes, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus will damage your heart.
