Diabetes and blood pressure | How it works | Diabetes UK

Diabetes and blood pressure | How it works | Diabetes UK

Diabetes and blood pressure | How it works | Diabetes UK

People with diabetes are more likely to have high blood pressure. Here is a short animation on how it can affect you and what you can do to lower your risk of it.

When there is too much glucose (sugar) in your blood, your cells become sticky and stick to the inside wall of your blood vessels. When cells start to built up, creating blockages in your blood vessels, it makes it harder for your blood to flow freely without obstruction - meaning your heart has to work harder to pump the blood around your body.

This leads to high blood pressure.

You can find out more about diabetes and blood pressure here: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-…

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0.62 -> When you have diabetes you're more at risk of having high blood pressure
4.95 -> This is when your heart has to work harder to push blood around your body
9.63 -> By understanding what can cause this high pressure you can reduce your risk of
13.62 -> it being a problem
15.12 -> So let's take a look at how high blood sugars and high blood
18.12 -> pressure can cause problems in people with diabetes
22.58 -> Here's a blood vessel. You have blood vessels all over your body
27.48 -> They carry blood to your vital organs like your heart kidneys and brain
32.68 -> and your blood is made up of individual red blood cells
36.16 -> When there is too much glucose also called sugar in the blood
40.17 -> your blood cells start to get sticky and stick to the inside wall of your blood vessels
46.16 -> As more blood cells build up on the inside wall they start to form clumps
50.86 -> and this makes it harder for the blood to flow through
54.7 -> the narrower the space the more the pressure builds up
58 -> and this means the heart needs to work harder to push the blood around
62.38 -> This causes the blood cells to start bumping into the blood vessel walls which damages it
68.52 -> This means your blood can't flow to the places it's needed, like your heart
74.54 -> and this can lead to problems like heart disease
77.94 -> Keeping your blood sugar at your target level will help to bring
80.9 -> down your blood pressure if it's too high
83.88 -> and so reduce your risk of complications like heart problems

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypYg1a4uIJs