GP Dr Roger Henderson provides an overview of the chronic complications of diabetes and the key preventive measures ...

Both conditions likely promote atherosclerosis (the hardening of ... exacerbate hypertriglyceridemia (elevated triglycerides), hyperglycaemia (high blood sugar, both fasting and postprandial ...

Hyperglycemia blocks the function of endothelial ... Thus, the above events accelerate atherosclerosis and are also associated with plaque destabilization and precipitation of clinical events.

In diabetes, sustained hyperglycemia causes increased intracellular ... at the molecular level and vascular pathologies like atherosclerosis. 1 In general, the action of endothelium-derived ...