Type 2 Diabetes - The Relationship Between Lung Function and HbA1c Levels
According to scientists at SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre in India, keeping your HbA1c percentage under control could be important for lung function.
Their study, reported in September 2013 in the Journal of Clinical Diagnostic Research, included:
The ability of the lungs to take in oxygen and let out carbon dioxide was poorest in those with HbA1c levels over 7 percent.
From this information it was concluded that diabetics should have their lungs tested to prevent lung disease.
Earlier studies have also shown diabetes to be linked with the lowered ability to move air in and out through the lungs.
It is normal for lung capacity to go down as we age, but it has been demonstrated the decline takes place faster in adults with diabetes than those without.
In 2010 the Indian Journal of Chest Disease and Allied Science published a study from the Government Medical College at Nagput, India.
Type 2 diabetics who also had blood vessel damage showed a lowered ability to take in oxygen and breath out carbon dioxide.
Some studies have shown individuals with poor lung function to be at high risk for Type 2 diabetes, leading some researchers to speculate lowered lung function could contribute to causing Type 2 diabetes.
This could be due to an inflammatory molecule called fibrinogen, which forms in lung disease, or it is possible both lung disease and diabetes are caused by the same inflammation.
Those possibilities bear more study until the complicated causes of Type 2 diabetes are finally unravelled.
In the practical world, maintaining an HbA1c percentage below 7 prevents a host of diabetic complications.
The old standbys, diet and exercise, are and are likely to stay highly important.
A vegan diet high in fiber and nutrients and low in refined carbohydrates is key, as well as performing regular physical activity.
Activities that make the rate of breathing and heart beat faster are the best kind for Type 2 diabetics.
Spirometry is the method used to measure the lungs' ability to move air in and out.
A spirometer is a hand-held plastic device that patients blow into.
It measures the amount of air people take in and blow out normally...
and how much air they can blow out when really trying above and beyond their normal breathing.
Diffusion tests measure how well the lungs are able to take oxygen out of the air to send it to the rest of the body.
Patients empty their lungs, inhale through a tube, hold their breath for ten seconds, and exhale.
As more information concerning lung disease in diabetes becomes available, both tests could become a standard for maintaining the best possible health in Type 2 diabetes.
Their study, reported in September 2013 in the Journal of Clinical Diagnostic Research, included:
- 30 people aged 30 to 60 with Type 2 diabetes and
- 30 controls of the same age.
The ability of the lungs to take in oxygen and let out carbon dioxide was poorest in those with HbA1c levels over 7 percent.
From this information it was concluded that diabetics should have their lungs tested to prevent lung disease.
Earlier studies have also shown diabetes to be linked with the lowered ability to move air in and out through the lungs.
It is normal for lung capacity to go down as we age, but it has been demonstrated the decline takes place faster in adults with diabetes than those without.
In 2010 the Indian Journal of Chest Disease and Allied Science published a study from the Government Medical College at Nagput, India.
Type 2 diabetics who also had blood vessel damage showed a lowered ability to take in oxygen and breath out carbon dioxide.
Some studies have shown individuals with poor lung function to be at high risk for Type 2 diabetes, leading some researchers to speculate lowered lung function could contribute to causing Type 2 diabetes.
This could be due to an inflammatory molecule called fibrinogen, which forms in lung disease, or it is possible both lung disease and diabetes are caused by the same inflammation.
Those possibilities bear more study until the complicated causes of Type 2 diabetes are finally unravelled.
In the practical world, maintaining an HbA1c percentage below 7 prevents a host of diabetic complications.
The old standbys, diet and exercise, are and are likely to stay highly important.
A vegan diet high in fiber and nutrients and low in refined carbohydrates is key, as well as performing regular physical activity.
Activities that make the rate of breathing and heart beat faster are the best kind for Type 2 diabetics.
Spirometry is the method used to measure the lungs' ability to move air in and out.
A spirometer is a hand-held plastic device that patients blow into.
It measures the amount of air people take in and blow out normally...
and how much air they can blow out when really trying above and beyond their normal breathing.
Diffusion tests measure how well the lungs are able to take oxygen out of the air to send it to the rest of the body.
Patients empty their lungs, inhale through a tube, hold their breath for ten seconds, and exhale.
As more information concerning lung disease in diabetes becomes available, both tests could become a standard for maintaining the best possible health in Type 2 diabetes.
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