|
|
Ames Walker Medical Hosiery To review all of our FREE Leg Health Articles, please Click Here |
|
|
|
|
Click Here for Leg Health Information For the Best Medical Hosiery Ever
Customer Service - Please call 1-877-525-7224 or Fax 1-908-359-9471 E-mail at: supporthos@earthlink.net
|
Please Click Here to Request Informational Brochures from Ames Walker
Aspirin Prevents Heart Attacks in People with Diabetes
An aspirin a day may keep your heart healthy-especially if you have diabetes. Diabetes increases your chance for heart attack and stroke. Research shows taking aspirin may help reduce these risks. It works like this: High blood sugar can damage parts of the body, including the heart. Platelets travel through the blood vessels to help form blood clots after an injury occurs. That's a good thing because this limits the loss of blood. But when a group of platelets form clots inside the blood vessels, over time, they damage the blood vessels. Damaged or blocked blood vessels can't supply the right amount of oxygen and nutrients the heart needs. This can eventually lead to a heart attack or stroke. In addition, people with diabetes tend to have "sticky" platelets. They stick more easily to the blood vessel walls and gather more readily than platelets in people who don't have the disease. This may explain why both men and women with diabetes are more prone to having heart disease. Studies have shown that aspirin prevents the platelets from sticking to the sides of the blood vessels. Aspirin can prevent heart attacks and strokes in adults with heart disease and for those with risk factors, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obesity. As little as 81 milligrams of aspirin, the commonly used amount in "baby" aspirin, can help. Generally, an adult with diabetes can take as much as one adult-strength 325 milligram tablet. The American Diabetes Association recommends that people with diabetes who have had a heart attack or suffered a stroke take an enteric-coated aspirin daily in this dosage range. The enteric coating prevents the aspirin from breaking down in the stomach, which can cause stomach upset, a common side effect of aspirin use. It is also best to take aspirin with food. But always talk to your doctor before taking a new medicine-even aspirin therapy. If you have the following, you should not take aspirin:
Those taking certain medications should not take aspirin. Aspirin use has not been studied in people with diabetes younger than age 30.
SOURCE: BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, 2004 Newsletter If you would like more information regarding Diabetic Care, please Click Here and visit our website DiabeticLegwear.com. The information collected here has been developed over searches on the internet. We are not in any way responsible for, or endorse, information on other web sites, it is here for public information. Your doctor is the best source of leg health information and treatment. We hope you find this information helpful. This article has been provided courtesy of Ames Walker Hosiery (ameswalker.com) and may be reproduced for personal use provided no part of this article (including the text contents) has been changed. Copyright © 2003 Ames Walker International Inc.
|
|
|
