How soon after very serious neuropathy in legs and feet would a person have a heart attack?
If they virtually lost all feeling in legs and feet from 6 years of diabetes 2, with AC 1 not over 7.3 ever. Blood sugar runs from 135 to 185, with average of 150-165. Heart health good. Just for the record, I'm not asking entirely about my personal diabetic health symptoms. I'm doing a hypothetical here, Seeking forecast if things do get that bad, though leg and feet problem would only be construed to come from diabetes. Without disclosing what exactly it is, RF in the environment is destroying my physical health of legs and feet. There are no known solutions. But it made me think about what if all the symptoms were coming from mild diabetic problem .
Neuropathy is one of the most common complications of diabetes. It usually present early in the onset and in some persons is probably there long before the diabetes is diagnosed. Another nerve that gets damaged by high blood sugars is the vagus nerve, a vital nerve that connects your brain to almost all of the rest of your body and which has been found to regulate the immune system.
The vagus nerve stimulates the immune system damaging this nerve prevents diabetics from fighting infections and making infections a slow process in healing. The vagus nerve also regulates heartbeat. It is possible that damaged vagus nerves may have something to do with the high incidence of fatal heart attack in people with diabetes, who may have abnormal heart beats which cause sudden cardiac death.
If you have neuropathy, your nerves are failing because the tiny blood vessels that supply those nerves are being clogged and dying, which means that soon they won't be able to bring infection fighting white blood cells to infected tissue. Once that happens it is almost impossible to keep an infection from leading to gangrene, which is why people with diabetes end up with amputated feet and legs
Lowering post meal blood sugar levels will help alleviate neuropathy. It isn't reversable but it can be controlled. Lowering your fasting blood sugars will not help if you're having hours of high blood sugars after meals. Check with your doctor and see a dietitian who can help you with individual meal planning in order to maintain good glucose levels esp. after eating meals.
You're right the neuropathy is coming from your "mild" diabetic problem. If changing you're eating habits does not help you get good levels after eating then your doctor needs to prescribe medication. Your levels should be below 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L) two hours after meals. Are you on medication now? Check your blood glucose levels two hours after your meals with your meter and keep a log. It seems that you are noting your blood sugar levels now and they are high at 185 and 165 being your top numbers. These levels continue to damage your nerves.
There are some persons that have taken Alpha Lipoic Acid as a supplement which some people report has helped greatly with their neuropathy. Try to drink alot of water if it is possible and keep yourself hydrated always. If you improve your blood sugar levels you may notice more pain as your nerves begin to heal.
The environment is a factor in neuropathy. If you have been exposed to toxic substances an EMG can alert the neurologist to exposure to toxicity. Have you had an EMG test on your legs and feet? Also, dietary deficiencies, mineral deficiencies, lack of certain vitamins such as the B vitamins such as B-12, etc. can also be factors. In your case if you have been exposed to toxics this could be both contributing to your neuropathy. Usually Peripheral neuropathy is diagnosed when exposed to toxins in the environment but diagnosis is based on environmental history, exposure to hazardous material, etc. Finding a good diabetic team such as an endocrinologist, neurologist and dietitian that can help with your neuropathy would be a good solution.
Hope this helps.
