Glad You're Here

Heart care and diabetes care work best when they happen together. Blood sugar and heart health affect each other. Over years, high blood sugar can strain blood vessels, which adds to heart risk.

Each one gives your doctor clues about the other. So looking at them together gives a fuller picture than looking at either alone.

A red heart pumps blood into a curved blood vessel, beside a Heart work bar. When it works hard, a sugar cube, a puff of smoke and a pressure dial appear, the heart beats bigger with sweat drops and the bar fills to amber. When protected, three green ticks replace them and the bar drops back to green.

Each lesson takes a few minutes and covers one idea. The course has six chapters, and each chapter holds a few short lessons. You can return to any lesson later.

Take one lesson, then stop for the day if you need to. The next one will wait for you.

This course is like a general road map, not a replacement for your doctor. Your doctor knows your own road, including your history and any medicines you take.

Key takeaways

• Heart protection belongs in diabetes care for anyone living with diabetes.
• Each short lesson covers one idea, and you can revisit any of them.
• Learn covers the course's purpose and how it fits with your own doctor's care.

Try it

Open the notes app on your phone and write one question about your heart to bring to your next visit.