“Is it dangerous to go under anesthesia with diabetes?”
I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I am overweight. Is it dangerous to go under anesthesia with diabetes?
4 Answers
It is very common for surgical patients to have diabetes. We routinely check blood sugar in diabetics unless they are self-monitoring.
Best regards,
Jeffrey C. Astbury, MD, FASA, FACC, FASE, MSBE, MSEE
Vice-Chairman of Cardiovascular Services
Director of Perioperative Echocardiography
Department of Anesthesiology
Butler Health System
Clinical Assistant Professor
Lake Erie School of Osteopathic Medicine
Best regards,
Jeffrey C. Astbury, MD, FASA, FACC, FASE, MSBE, MSEE
Vice-Chairman of Cardiovascular Services
Director of Perioperative Echocardiography
Department of Anesthesiology
Butler Health System
Clinical Assistant Professor
Lake Erie School of Osteopathic Medicine
Every case is different and you need to be evaluated by your primary care doctor before this question can be answered
Dr Marina Strizhevsky
Dr Marina Strizhevsky
I know very little about you. How long you have had diabetes, how overweight you are etc. So there isn’t enough data to answer.
You have an increased risk for stroke and heart attack. I ask all of my patients to have a stress test before anesthesia when they have T2DM because induction of anesthesia is associated with changes in blood pressure and heart rate that are similar to a stress test.
