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Diabetic? Why you should be concerned about your blood pressure

Thursday, June 11, 2015 20:22
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managing blood pressure for diabetics

If you’re diabetic, managing blood sugar is a main concern. It’s routine to check this before and after meals, a few times a day. Although monitoring blood sugar numbers is part of living with diabetes, there’s another number that diabetics should consider for their health.

The other number for diabetics

New research shows that diabetics should also be monitoring their blood pressure numbers as well.

Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the study offers recommendations for doctors in treating blood pressure in diabetics. High blood pressure and diabetes together can lead to a greater risk of mortality or complications like kidney disease, nerve damage and retinal problems.

 

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