"Obesity, Hypertension And Diabetes Are Just Three Diseases That Disproportionately Affect Communities Of Color"

"Obesity, Hypertension And Diabetes Are Just Three Diseases That Disproportionately Affect Communities Of Color (Natural Treatment)"
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The incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes are increasing;1,2 it is projected that the total number of people with diabetes will rise from 171 million in 2000 to 366 million by 2030. www.forevercarecentre.com/hyper.htm


The number of adults with hypertension is predicted to increase by 60% to a total of 1.56 billion people by 2025. www.forevercarecentre.com/hyper.htm

Hypertension affects approximately 70% of patients with diabetes and is approximately twice as common in persons with diabetes as in those without. www.forevercarecentre.com/hyper.htm

The prevalence of coexistent hypertension and diabetes varies across different ethnic, racial, and social groups. Importantly, hypertension in patients with diabetes causes a significant increase in the risk of vascular complications in this population, and together both conditions predispose to chronic kidney disease. www.forevercarecentre.com/hyper.htm

The overlap between hypertension and diabetes substantially increases the risk of ischemic cerebrovascular disease, retinopathy, and sexual dysfunction. www.forevercarecentre.com/hyper.htm

Diabetes mellitus is an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease, and the risk is markedly increased when hypertension is present. Diabetic nephropathy is the commonest cause of hypertension in patients with type 1 diabetes. Patients with type 2 diabetes can develop renal disease, but hypertension commonly occurs without abnormal renal function and is often associated with central obesity. www.forevercarecentre.com/hyper.htm

Diabetes is also associated with increased proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells. High blood glucose and elevated blood pressure can impair vascular endothelial cells, leading to increased oxidative stress. Patients with diabetes also have increased vascular reactivity. www.forevercarecentre.com/hyper.htm

Both hypertension and diabetes should be diagnosed early and treated aggressively to prevent associated microvascular and macrovascular morbidity and mortality. www.forevercarecentre.com/hyper.htm

Relationship between Hypertension, diabetes and Obesity.

Patients with obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, or a combination of these factors were, in general, associated with a worse health-related quality of life, on both the physical and the mental scales, than those without these factors, though statistical significance.