Prediabetes: A Hidden Risk for Heart Disease and Stroke

DNVN – Dr. Nguyen Le Hoang Tram, Internal Medicine specialist – Thien Nhan High-Tech Medical Diagnosis Center, Da Nang, recommends that if there is no timely intervention, prediabetes will quickly progress to type 2 diabetes, causing serious health problems.

“Diabetes is a common disease that most of us are familiar with. However, few people know about “pre-diabetes” – the stage before type 2 diabetes – which occurs when blood glucose levels are higher than what is considered normal but do not meet the criteria for a diabetes diagnosis.

Dr. Nguyen Le Hoang Tram directly examined a patient with acanthosis nigricans (a clinical sign related to insulin resistance).

This is the stage that easily makes patients subjective and not seek treatment; if there is no timely intervention, it will quickly progress to type 2 diabetes, causing serious health decline," shared Dr. Nguyen Le Hoang Tram, Internal Medicine specialist, Thien Nhan High-Tech Medical Diagnosis Center, Da Nang.

Accordingly, prediabetes is related to insulin resistance, hypertension, central obesity, and lipid metabolism disorders. Subjects who should be screened for prediabetes are parents or siblings with diabetes; high-risk race or ethnicity; history of cardiovascular disease; hypertension; hyperlipidemia; women with polycystic ovary syndrome; sedentary lifestyle; clinical signs related to insulin resistance (acanthosis nigricans, obesity).

Dr. Nguyen Le Hoang Tram also noted that there are almost no signs of pre-diabetes. Therefore, each individual needs to have regular health check-ups to screen and detect the disease early, thereby adjusting their lifestyle, diet, and exercise accordingly.

In particular, prediabetics should be screened once a year; women diagnosed with gestational diabetes should be monitored for life and screened every 3 years; all subjects over 45 years of age should also be screened periodically; if the results are normal, re-screening should be done every 3 years or sooner depending on previous results.

Notably, Dr. Nguyen Le Hoang Tram said that not all cases of prediabetes progress to diabetes. Whether this process occurs or not depends largely on the patient's diet. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that if they do not adjust their lifestyle and diet, about 37% of people with diabetes will develop type 2 diabetes after about 4 years.

"For people who change their lifestyle and eat scientifically, the time it takes for prediabetes to progress to type 2 diabetes is about 10 years and can even be completely reversed," emphasized Dr. Nguyen Le Hoang Tram.

Customers who need prediabetes diagnostic testing can make an appointment with Thien Nhan Da Nang to collect samples for testing at home:

– Hotline 02363.56.89.88 – 02363.82.84.89

– 𝐈𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞

– Website: https://thiennhanhospital.com/

Based on the test results, you will know your condition, receive advice from a specialist on treatment direction as well as how to adjust your diet and lifestyle (if necessary).

Hai Chau

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