Current research suggests that as many as 14% to 15% of all COPD patients admitted to the hospital also have diabetes? Does this mean, because you have COPD, you also have to worry about getting diabetes?
The answer to this question is yes and no. Having COPD does not put you at greater risk for diabetes, but, because they share a common risk factor -- smoking -- it is not surprising that the two should co-exist in one person.
So, how does high blood sugar affect your lungs? And, how can you manage both illnesses when it is hard enough to manage just one? The answer to this question and more lies ahead in my latest article:
Do you have COPD and diabetes? Please be sure to take the above poll and leave a comment.
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Smoking is a no no especially for diabetics.
Be aware of drugs that potentiate diabetes.
Eli Lilly Zyprexa Olanzapine issues linger.
The use of powerful antipsychotic drugs has increased in children as young as three years old. Weight gain, increases in triglyceride levels and associated risks for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The average weight gain (adults) over the 12 week study period was the highest for Zyprexa—17 pounds. You’d be hard pressed to gain that kind of weight sport-eating your way through the holidays.One in 145 adults died in clinical trials of those taking the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa.
This was Lilly’s #1 product $5 billion per year sales,moreover Lilly also make billions more on drugs that treat diabetes.
— Daniel Haszard Zyprexa activist and patient.
Also, many COPD patients also use corticosteroids, which can also increase blood sugar and cause diabetes. Thanks for mentioning Olanzapine. It can raise blood sugar too. Maybe I will add this information in the article.
Small typo:
“Having diabetes does not put you at greater risk for diabetes, but, because they share a common risk factor — smoking — it is not surprising that the two should co-exist in one person.”
The second word above should be “COPD.”
Thanks, Patricia. I fixed it.
Wow, based on our poll results, looks like more people have COPD and diabetes than the research has suggested.