Diabetes is often blamed for various diseases like obesity, cholesterol levels and blood pressures.
Now patients can check their blood sugar levels with a new blood test and thereby get appropriate treatment to control it. Both Type1 and Type2 diabetics can go for the test.
The test called hemoglobin A1c (HA1c) test which is meant to check glycated hemoglobin helpful to measure the levels of blood sugar. As glycosylated hemoglobin level acts as a pointer showing the risks of heart like blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
It is found that with the rise in levels of blood sugar, the risk of heart and artery diseases also rises high.
Rise by one percentage in HA1c increases the risk of heart disease to 18 percent, whereas to 28 percent in case of peripheral vascular disease. In contrast, person with less than 5 percent of HA1c, found to have low rates of heart disease and death rates.
So, diabetics need to go for the HA1c test regularly so that they can maintain their blood sugar levels in a better way. The test can also be helpful to the patients by indicating them the risk of heart related diseases.
Via: paktribune
