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DescriptionDiabetes and your heart About this booklet This booklet is for people who have diabetes, and for their families and friends. It may also be useful if you don’t have diabetes but you have been told you may develop it in the future. The booklet tells you: • what coronary heart disease is • what diabetes is, and how it is diagnosed and treated • why people with diabetes are more likely to get coronary heart disease • what you can do to reduce your risk of developing coronary heart disease • what medicines and treatments you might be given to help prevent or treat coronary heart disease, and • what routine checks you should have. Contents About this booklet ........................................................................... 4 What is coronary heart disease? ................................................. 6 What is diabetes? .......................................................................... 11 What are the symptoms and possible complications of diabetes? ................................................. 15 How is diabetes diagnosed? ..................................................... 18 What treatment do people receive for diabetes? ............. 20 How does diabetes affect the heart? ..................................... 21 What can I do to reduce my risk of coronary heart disease? ....................................................... 22 If you have both diabetes and coronary heart disease.... 35 The annual review ........................................................................ 37 Other insulin-related conditions ............................................. 38 How your support can help....................................................... 41 Heart attack? Know the symptoms … and what to do .. 42 For more information .................................................................. 44 Index .................................................................................................. 48 Have your say ................................................................................. 50 Sharing Widget |