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Tobacco and diabetes increase amputation risk, surgeon warns
A doctor gave a talk to other doctors about how to keep people's legs and arms safe.
He said using tobacco and having diabetes at the same time is very dangerous.
It hurts the tubes inside our bodies that carry blood.
Nicotine, which is in tobacco, makes the blood thick so it cannot flow well.
When blood cannot flow, a leg might have to be removed by doctors.
A warning sign is pain in the legs after walking a short distance.
If the problem is found early, medicine can help.
There are also new surgeries that open up blocked blood vessels.
These surgeries can save legs and fingers even when the problem is serious.
The talk happened in Nellore on National Vascular Surgery Day.
Dr Y Sudarshan Reddy, Vascular Surgeon at Medicover Hospitals, warned that combining tobacco habits with diabetes severely damages blood vessels and increases limb amputation risk.
He spoke at a doctors' awareness program on National Vascular Surgery Day in Nellore.
Nicotine thickens blood and blocks circulation, with early symptoms including leg pain while walking short distances.
Early-stage blockages can be managed with medication, according to the surgeon.
Modern endovascular surgeries can restore blood flow and save legs and fingers from amputation even in advanced cases.
- Who
- Dr Y Sudarshan Reddy, Vascular Surgeon at Medicover Hospitals; Center Head T Pavan Kumar and Cluster Head G Ranjith Reddy attended.
- What
- A warning that combining tobacco habits with diabetes increases limb amputation risk.
- Where
- Nellore, at a doctors' awareness program.
- When
- On National Vascular Surgery Day (specific date not stated in the article).
- Why
- Because nicotine thickens blood and blocks circulation, severely damaging blood vessels.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Dr Y Sudarshan Reddy
- Role
- Vascular Surgeon
- Hospital
- Medicover Hospitals
- Occasion
- National Vascular Surgery Day
- Location
- Nellore
- Key warning
- Tobacco combined with diabetes raises limb amputation risk
- Early symptom
- Leg pain while walking short distances
- Treatment options
- Medication for early-stage blockages; endovascular surgery for advanced cases
Sources
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