Life-threatening organ damage can be prevented by controlling Blood Pressure in Diabetics


Life-threatening organ damage can be prevented by controlling Blood Pressure in Diabetics





Hypertension with diabetes comes with life-threatening complications. The best way to control these complications is to control blood pressure.
A study in Clinical and Experimental Hypertension conducted with around 800 diabetic patients and 1000 non-diabetic patients. This study looked at the commonness and risk factors for hypertensive emergencies and drastic increase in blood pressure in diabetic patients.
In this study it was found that both diabetics and non-diabetics with hypertensive emergencies had similar rates of severe injury to target organs. It was also observed that diabetics with hypertensive emergency also had significantly higher levels of blood pressure. From this it was concluded that the occurrence of severe damage to vital organs is not because of just diabetes but because of the accompanying severely elevated blood pressure.
According to several studies, hypertensive emergencies are associated with life-threatening damage to the brain, kidneys and heart. Around 2% of people with high blood pressure will have a hypertensive emergency during their lives and it is even more common among people with diabetes.
It is said that the risk of hypertensive emergencies in diabetic patients is significantly higher in those with cardiovascular conditions, kidney disease and anemia. Also according to a recent study, uncontrolled hypertension was associated with a 55% increased risk of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes.
Since, it has been observed that the presence of severely elevated blood pressure is the main reason that damages the vital organs in individuals with diabetes so the most important intervention for preventing hypertensive emergencies would be to manage the blood pressure of the patient. Ways like carefully selecting interventions that will improve patients' adherence to medications, or making strategies to overcome clinical inertia or increasing therapy when blood pressure levels are not met can potentially help in reducing the damage to target organs associated with hypertensive emergencies.

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