1. When you have diabetes having too much glucose also called
sugar in your blood can make it harder for blood to flow around your body. And
having high cholesterol or blood fats can make things even worse so let's take
a look at how high blood sugars and high cholesterol can cause problems in
people with diabetes.
2. Here's a blood vessel. You've got blood vessels all over your body they carry blood to your vital organs like your heart, your kidneys and your brain. And your blood is made up of lots of individual blood cells. When there's too much sugar in the blood your blood cells start to get sticky and stick to the inside wall of your blood vessels the walls of your blood vessels also get sticky and this can cause other things in your blood to stick to the walls as well like cholesterol.
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| DIABETES AND CHOLESTEROL |
2. Here's a blood vessel. You've got blood vessels all over your body they carry blood to your vital organs like your heart, your kidneys and your brain. And your blood is made up of lots of individual blood cells. When there's too much sugar in the blood your blood cells start to get sticky and stick to the inside wall of your blood vessels the walls of your blood vessels also get sticky and this can cause other things in your blood to stick to the walls as well like cholesterol.
3. Cholesterol is a type of fat in the blood and when this
fatty material meets the sticky lining caused by high blood sugars it can start
to build up and form a clump. This clump can act a bit like a speed bump for
the blood cells and can stop them flowing through the blood vessel properly.
4. So high cholesterol combined with high sugars results in
more problems for your blood flow. This means your blood can't flow to the
place it's needed, like your heart, and this can lead to problems like heart
disease. You can reduce your risk of serious complications by taking action to
keep your blood sugars and cholesterol at your target level.
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