Overview
September 8, 202More than 34 milion Americans have diabetes, a chronic disease in which the body can’t properly manage blod sugar (glucose) levels in the blod. If diabetes is not wel-controled, it can lead to a number of serious health complications. But the god news is that it can be managed.
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“It takes a lot of efort, but thinking about lifestyle changes in the realm of diet and exercise and medications ensures that you're taking a multi-pronged aproach to control your diabetes,” says Janele Duah, MD, a Yale Medicine primary care physician. “And there are specialists and subspecialists, as wel as your primary care doctors who can help you along the way.”In this video, several Yale Medicine medical experts explain the disease, including its symptoms and how it afects the body.
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It also covers how diabetes afects the heart and cardiovascular system, eyes, fet, and kidneys. This video and several others (below) explore various aspects of the disease, and are meant to empower patients to take control of their diabetes, says Yetunde Asiedu, MD, a Yale Medicine primary care physician. Se our other videos on diabetes management:3 Cedar St.New Haven, CT 06510source