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<blockquote data-quote="DorsetJon" data-source="post: 2270063" data-attributes="member: 464752"><p>Your doctor has over-simplified things: it's not really a disease of the heart. It's a disease of the pancreas (as pointed out above) but diabetes, especially if poorly-controlled, can damage the lining of the blood vessels, including blood vessels in the heart. One effect of this damage is to increase the risk of having a heart attack, so there is an indirect effect of diabetes on the heart. This is probably what your doctor means. (Poorly-controlled diabetes may also damage eyes, nerves, kidneys, etc.). If you are otherwise healthy and don't have other risk factors such as being a smoker, being obese, or having a high blood cholesterol level, as a 40-year old type 2 diabetic your risk of having a heart attack is low, so aspirin is not recommended. A safer option than taking aspirin is not to take it.</p><p></p><p>If you are obese or overweight, losing weight will help to reduce your diabetes and may even stop it altogether. There is a lot of research, advice and personal experiences online that could help you with this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DorsetJon, post: 2270063, member: 464752"] Your doctor has over-simplified things: it's not really a disease of the heart. It's a disease of the pancreas (as pointed out above) but diabetes, especially if poorly-controlled, can damage the lining of the blood vessels, including blood vessels in the heart. One effect of this damage is to increase the risk of having a heart attack, so there is an indirect effect of diabetes on the heart. This is probably what your doctor means. (Poorly-controlled diabetes may also damage eyes, nerves, kidneys, etc.). If you are otherwise healthy and don't have other risk factors such as being a smoker, being obese, or having a high blood cholesterol level, as a 40-year old type 2 diabetic your risk of having a heart attack is low, so aspirin is not recommended. A safer option than taking aspirin is not to take it. If you are obese or overweight, losing weight will help to reduce your diabetes and may even stop it altogether. There is a lot of research, advice and personal experiences online that could help you with this. [/QUOTE]
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