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Am I at an increased risk of problems if I have both Heart Failure and diabetes?
Heart failure is a condition where the heart cannot pump blood across the body and diabetes occurs when the blood sugar level is too high. In this video, Dr. Sunthar explains how good blood sugar control reduces risk of heart failure.
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With both heart failure and diabetes, it's again really important to make sure that your diabetic control is as optimised as it can be. Good blood sugar control is really one the key factors that helps reduce your risk of having heart failure back down to close enough to a normal level. Of course it decreases your risk of having a heart attack, it decreases your risk of having a high blood pressure, all of which can contribute to the symptoms of heart failure.
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