We now have an early warning that can help people with diabetes prevent heart attacks and strokes. Until now, for many people the first symptom of a heart attack has been having one. I don't think that I have ever written about the complications of diabetes without offering some way to deal with the...
New Device, VENDYS, Can Help Detect Heart Disease Risk for Diabetics
5/24/09 9:39pm
5/25/09 11:25am
Glad to see you got to try it out first hand. Heart disease and stroke run in my family. I would love to see that device in my doctor's office. I exercise but would still like some kind of measure of placque. My grandfather had hardening of the arteries which I guess is really peripheral artery disease. I have signs of pain in my lower legs while using the treadmill. Isn't placque one of the contributors there?
Gail
58 yo
T2 since June 07
Janumet
exercise 3Xweek
PS glad to have you in my Reader
6/ 7/09 11:27pm
Interesting.
Where that equipment may not be available I imagine that an indication of vascular recovery could be obtained from a heart watch...although not as exact and as definitive.
Lots of people...myself included ...now wear heart watches such as the Polar whilst exercising. Some weeks/months into regular scheduled exercise there is a noticeable "training effect" where the heart rate recovers to a normal resting rate faster than previously noted.
This is not a one-off effect but ongoing which is a positive assurance that you are exercising to a beneficial level.
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So what is the fix if the tests are negative?
My wife has just had a mini stroke and all the doctor had was a very expensive pill for the rest of her life called Plavix($188/month). Been on it for 7 days and is getting bruise marks all over her arms.
Dear Bill,
I am so sorry! As Dr. Yen says, the most important thing, whether or no your wife has diabetes or not, is to step up her activity level. And since she has already had a stroke, it is probably even more important to prevent additional ones. However, she certainly needs to consult with her physician about the type and amount of exercise that she needs to get.
Best regards,
David
Thank you David