Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that lets your body use sugar from carbohydrates in the food that you eat for energy to store glucose …show more content…
When one’s blood sugar gets to this level, one’s blood becomes thick and syrupy, causing diabetic hyperosmolar syndrome. Excess sugar passes from the blood into one’s urine, triggering a filtering process the draws tremendous amounts of fluid from the body. It usually affects people with type two diabetes (Healthline Networks np). If one’s blood sugar is constantly high, over time it can affect the heart, eyes, kidneys, nerves, and other parts of the body. These problems are called complications. Sometimes people with diabetes don’t realize that they have the disease until they begin to have other health problems. The term diabetic heart disease refers to heart disease that develops in people who have diabetes. Compared with people who don’t have diabetes are at a higher risk for heart disease, have additional causes of heart disease, may develop heart disease at a younger age or may have a more severe heart …show more content…
These arteries supply the heart muscle with oxygen resulting in rich blood. Plaque is made up of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other substances found in blood. When plaque builds up in the arteries, the condition is called atherosclerosis. plaque narrows the coronary arteries and reduces blood flow to the heart muscle. The buildup of plaque also makes it more likely that blood clots will form in the arteries, it can partially block blood flow. CHD can lead to chest pain or discomfort called angina, irreagular heart beats called awythias or heart attack or initially