Diabetes Risk Factors, Symptoms, Prevention, and Complications

DIABETES:

Risk Factors include people over 40, obesity, high cholesterol, genetic inheritance, and arterial hypertension.

Symptoms include fatigue, itchy skin, thirst, rapid weight loss or excess weight, frequent urination, tingling fingertips, and elevated glucose levels.

Prevention measures include healthy eating, exercise, no smoking, and glucose control.

Complications include nerve tissue damage, blood vessel damage, dibetan foot, heart damage, and kidneys damage.

According to a recent CDC report, roughly 38.4 million Americans have diabetes. If you are 65 years of age or older there is a better than one in four chance that you already have it. I-Vascular Center specializes in fistula creation for dialysis access management.

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Three Convenient Texas Locations:

EL PASO

Next to Davita/El Paso Kidney
11989 Pellicano Dr., Suite D
El Paso, TX 79936
Phone: 915-855-6508
Fax: 915-855-6509
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SAN ANTONIO

Medical Park at Stone Oak
19234 Stonehue
San Antonio, TX 78258
Phone: 210-481-9544
Fax: 210-481-9545
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ABILENE

Hendrick Health #1
6300 Regional Plaza, #475
Abilene, TX 79606
Phone: 325-268-4040
Fax: 325-268-4041
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I-Vascular Center has three locations in San Antonio, El Paso, and Abilene specializing in foot & leg pain, varicose & spider veins, deep vein thrombosis, peripheral arterial disease (aka peripheral artery disease or PAD), dialysis access management, port-a-cath & PICC lines.