Post by compound26 on May 27, 2015 13:48:08 GMT -5
Could Afrezza have helped him control his Type 2 diabetes?
Coroner, Doctor: B.B. King Died After Series of Mini Strokes
www.yahoo.com/music/coroner-doctor-b-b-king-died-after-series-of-119060720526.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma
Associated Press
May 15, 2015
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images
LAS VEGAS (AP) — B.B. King’s physician and the coroner in Las Vegas say the 89-year-old blues legend died of a series of small strokes attributable to his longstanding battle with type 2 diabetes.
Dr. Darin Brimhall and Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg (FYOU’-den-berg) tell The Associated Press the medical term for the cause of death is multi-infarct dementia.
It’s sometimes referred to as MID, and is also called vascular dementia.
Dementia is a permanent loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases, including diabetes. It usually affects adults over age 55, and can affect memory, thinking, language and judgment.
Brimhall says King’s strokes resulted from reduced blood flow as a consequence of chronic diabetes — or unhealthy fluctuations in blood sugar levels.
King was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes many years ago.
Coroner, Doctor: B.B. King Died After Series of Mini Strokes
www.yahoo.com/music/coroner-doctor-b-b-king-died-after-series-of-119060720526.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma
Associated Press
May 15, 2015
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images
LAS VEGAS (AP) — B.B. King’s physician and the coroner in Las Vegas say the 89-year-old blues legend died of a series of small strokes attributable to his longstanding battle with type 2 diabetes.
Dr. Darin Brimhall and Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg (FYOU’-den-berg) tell The Associated Press the medical term for the cause of death is multi-infarct dementia.
It’s sometimes referred to as MID, and is also called vascular dementia.
Dementia is a permanent loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases, including diabetes. It usually affects adults over age 55, and can affect memory, thinking, language and judgment.
Brimhall says King’s strokes resulted from reduced blood flow as a consequence of chronic diabetes — or unhealthy fluctuations in blood sugar levels.
King was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes many years ago.