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Diabetes and operations

Diabetes is considered as mother for all diseases. Too much glucose in the blood for a long time can cause Diabetes problems - can damage many parts of the body, such as heart, blood vessels, eyes and kidneys. Heart and blood vessel diseases can lead to heart attacks and strokes, which are main killer of mankind. Common misbelief is Diabetes people should not undergo operations for fear of infection. But it is not the case. With modern surgical techniques and better understanding of the physiology, operative stress will increase sugar level in the body and if we control properly with time to time medicines, any operation including heart operations is relatively safe in modern era.

By Dr.Divakar Bhat,

Chief Cardiac Surgeon,

Mallya Hospital

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