There’s loads to know concerning the hyperlink between diabetes and coronary heart illness, and the info might change your life. The quote in our headline is from an nameless creator, however it applies to all of us.
Mark this 12 months’s Coronary heart Week (Could 6-12) by becoming a member of a Diabetes Australia webinar on Thursday night time, Could 9, from 7pm-8pm. It offers you the prospect to find out about coronary heart well being from a panel of individuals together with somebody who lives with diabetes, a GP, and a credentialled diabetes educator.
Within the upcoming version of Diabetes Australia’s Circle Journal, you’ll be able to examine Nihal, an energetic 80-year-old man who was recognized with sort 2 diabetes greater than 20 years in the past. He has labored laborious to handle his situation with tablets, food regimen, and train.
About 4 years in the past he fell in his backyard. The paramedics who attended him have been so involved by his ECG readings that he was rushed to hospital the place he underwent emergency coronary heart bypass surgical procedure. The operation was profitable, and Nihal is now again taking part in tennis, strolling usually and having fun with abroad journey along with his spouse.
Whereas Nihal was conscious of a robust household historical past of coronary heart illness, he didn’t know that residing with diabetes additional elevated his threat. He’s now urging others who reside with diabetes to search out out extra about diabetes, coronary heart illness and their very own particular person threat.
This week’s Diabetes Australia webinar will cowl subjects comparable to:
- The hyperlink between diabetes and coronary heart illness
- Causes and indicators of coronary heart illness
- Understanding your threat of coronary heart illness
- Sensible steerage for higher coronary heart well being
- Experiences of individuals residing with diabetes and their coronary heart well being
- Who may also help and the right way to entry help
- The function of vitamin, meals, bodily exercise and self-monitoring to enhance well being and effectively being
This is a vital webinar that has the potential to vary the way in which you reside and allow you to stop, somewhat than deal with, coronary heart illness.
Blissful Coronary heart Week!
