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Bakersfield Health Channel episodes

  • Diabetes - Prevention is Better
    As Dr. Park suggests, “It’s better to have an ounce of prevention than a pound of cure.” In today’s episode of the Bakersfield Health Channel, our host Dr. Kumar and special guest Dr. Park discuss challenges surrounding prevention of health risks and complications in the early stages of diabetes before they lead to serious complications. Our experts discuss why active exercise, diet regulation, and healthy lifestyle changes can go a long way in treating diabetes. Tune in to the discussion and learn more.
    Key points from today's episode are:
    1. It is always easier to prevent diabetes than to manage it, so search for treatment before your diabetic symptoms develop more.
    2. Sedentary lifestyle is the biggest cause of diabetes. You can eat what you want, but you need to put in the exercise to preserve your health.
    3. Extreme thirst, unusual hunger, and frothy urine are red flags of diabetes; you must get a check-up if you observe these symptoms.
    4. Diabetes management is simple, but a patient must be willing to bring some lifestyle changes: cut down portions of your diet, adopt more physical activity, and exercise often.
    5. Early diagnosis will lead to early treatment. If you think you have symptoms, get the tests done and you’ll be able to avoid dangerous complications later.
    6. If diabetes is caught at an early stage, it’s much easier to intervene and prevent permanent complications. The answer is to get regular check-ups done.
    This podcast is brought to you by the Bakersfield Health Channel. If you wish to speak to someone about the issues discussed today, you can do so by visiting www.heartandleg.com or contacting (661) 324-41800.
    Please, do share this podcast with anyone that you think might benefit from the information learned today, you never know it could be the helping hand that someone needs. From the Bakersfield Health Channel may you walk stronger and live longer.
    12 min
  • Lower Extremity Amputation and Crisis amongst Hispanics
    Statistics suggest that the Hispanic community is 60% more prone to catching diabetes when compared to the general populace. Join us for today’s episode as Dr. Kumar and Dr. Alvarez, two experienced clinicians, share their expertise on how amputation and other dangerous complications can be avoided if you are a diabetic or have the symptoms of diabetes as a Hispanic.
    Key points from today's episode are:
    1. Plaque build-up in the small arteries of the feet and hands leads to lack of blood circulation which starves the tissues of oxygen and eventually leads to amputation.
    2. Pain in the lower extremities while walking is known as claudication. Early diagnosis can eliminate further complications by reducing claudication, preventing ulcers, increasing blood circulation, and ultimately warding off any chances of amputation.
    3. There are multiple factors behind why certain communities have a higher percentage of diabetes and other conditions. The most prevalent are obesity, genetics, unhealthy diet, and inactive lifestyle.
    4. Undocumented residency, hesitancy towards treatment, and expensive healthcare are the major reasons why ethnic communities avoid visiting doctors until the condition is barely treatable. Visit a healthcare provider before it’s too late.
    5. Developing a foot sore is like a death sentence for diabetics. If you feel something’s wrong in the feet, you should immediately visit a physician.
    This podcast is brought to you by the Bakersfield Health Channel. If you wish to speak to someone about the issues discussed today, you can do so by visiting www.heartandleg.com or contacting (661) 324-41800.
     Please, do share this podcast with anyone that you think might benefit from the information learned today, you never know it could be the helping hand that someone needs. From the Bakersfield Health Channel may you walk stronger and live longer.
    34 min
  • COVID-19: Effects on Diabetes and Kidney Diseases
    Diabetes and kidney diseases can be fatal. What’s the result when a patient already suffering from one of the conditions is infected with COVID-19? Today, Dr. Kumar and special guest Dr. Baer discuss a grave medical danger that encircles afflicted patients and experts in the medical community: What are the consequences of COVID-19 on diabetes and renal diseases?
    Key points from today's episode are:
    1. The complication rate of COVID-19 is much higher in patients that have diabetes or kidney disease. There’s a 5% chance of developing COVID-19 pneumonia in the general population and a 10% chance in the diabetic/diabetic nephropathic population.
    2. Diabetic Nephropathy has minimal symptoms in the beginning stages. The good news is, if diagnosed in the early stages, the chances of reducing kidney function loss is significantly higher, so regular check-ups are the way to go.
    3. Most people feel fine until a kidney injury is in its late stages; they can have only 15% of their kidney functioning and still feel healthy, not realizing they are suffering from Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). If left unchecked, AKI can have severe untreatable complications.
    4. Lack of awareness and restricted access to healthcare has led to hesitancy in people when it comes to taking the vaccine. It falls to the authorities to make sure the people get the vaccine and the specific treatments they need to avoid any complications or morbidity.
    5. It’s even more critical for obese, diabetic, and senior citizens to get vaccinated because the complications that can develop from COVID-19 is much higher and dangerous in those populations.
    This podcast is brought to you by the Bakersfield Health Channel. If you wish to speak to someone about the issues discussed today, you can do so by visiting www.heartandleg.com or contacting (661) 324-41800.
    Please, do share this podcast with anyone that you think might benefit from the information learned today, you never know it could be the helping hand that someone needs. From the Bakersfield Health Channel may you walk stronger and live longer.
    24 min
  • Risk of Amputation in Diabetics
    One of the most common yet unforeseen complications that arise from diabetes is amputation. Join us for today’s episode as Dr. Kumar, a long-standing diabetic expert, shares his insights on diabetes, symptoms and side-effects leading to limb loss, and the preventive measures to avoid amputation in diabetics.
    Key points from today's episode are:
    1. People with a family history of diabetes are prone to develop it, but diabetes is a lifestyle disease: people who are overweight and don’t exercise are at a higher risk if they haven’t developed it yet.
    2. Many patients don’t show any symptoms of diabetes, but it’s life-threatening if left unchecked: high blood sugar can block blood vessels, which can lead to stroke, heart attack, or amputation.
    3. Diabetes is not only a blood sugar disease, it is also a vascular disease. With vessel blockage, the tissues stop receiving oxygen and eventually lose their function, which leads to amputation.
    4.Ulcers are the first step to amputation. Diabetic patients are always at the risk of unknowingly developing ulcers and must always be on alert about their feet to avoid amputation.
    This podcast is brought to you by the Bakersfield Health Channel. If you wish to speak to someone about the issues discussed today, you can do so by visiting www.heartandleg.com or contacting (661) 324-41800.
    Please, do share this podcast with anyone that you think might benefit from the information learned today, you never know it could be the helping hand that someone needs. From the Bakersfield Health Channel may you walk stronger and live longer.
    17 min
  • COVID-19 and the effects on Diabetes and Liver Disease?

    In the fifth episode of the Bakersfield Health Channel, Dr. Kumar and special guest Dr Baer discuss the most talked about medical issue across the globe; COVID-19. They also go into depth on how the Coronavirus affects patients with both diabetes and kidney diseases.


    Having underlying health conditions increases the risk of developing severe covid symptoms or pneumonia significantly, so today our medical specialists tells you exactly what you need to do to protect yourselves and others as the pandemic begins to come to an end.


    They also talk about vaccines, and whether you need one.


    Would you like more information about diabetes or our guests Dr Vinod Kumar, MD or Dr Harrold Baer, MD? Visit the Heart, Vascular and Leg centre at www.heartandleg.com/

    24 min
  • Lower extremity Amputation and the Crisis amongst Hispanics

    In the fourth episode of the Bakersfield Health Channel, Dr. Alvarez and Dr. Kumar discuss Diabetes and Amputation, and why these issues affect the Hispanic communities in Bakersfield at an alarming rate.


    In the USA, people have a 50% chance of developing diabetes, but this number rises to 60% for latinos across the country. Dr. Alvarez and Dr. Kumar discuss why this is; they look at culture, cuisine and genetics to get you the answers you’re looking for.


    They also discuss the best ways for you to keep yourself and your loved ones safe from this potentially deadly disease, and what you should do to reduce the risks of Diabetes, Peripheral Artery Disease and Amputation.


    Would you like more information about diabetes or our guest? Carlos Alvarez, MD or Vinod Kumar, MD? Visit the Heart, Vascular and Leg center at www.heartandleg.com/

    34 min
  • Diabetes and the Associated risks of Amputation with Vascular Expert Dr. Kumar, MD

    In the third episode of the Bakersfield Health Channel, Dr Kumar discusses diabetes and one of the worst-case scenarios linked to the disease: Amputation.


    Many residents of Bakersfield are at a much higher risk of diabetes, and the consequences of the disease. He discusses the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the symptoms to look out for, how to treat both types, and how it can develop into peripheral arterial disease which causes small blockages in the veins and can often result in the amputation of a patient's lower limbs.


    Dr Vinod Kumar, MD is a well experienced medical doctor, who specialises in vascular health, so you can be sure his expert knowledge will help anyone who is interested in the medical field!


    Would you like more information about diabetes or our guest? Visit the Heart, Vascular and Leg centre at www.heartandleg.com/

    17 min
  • The consequences of Diabetes with Dr. Alvarez

    In the second episode of the Bakersfield Health Channel, Dr. Alvarez discusses diabetes.


    Many residents of Bakersfield are at a much higher risk of diabetes, and the consequences of the disease. He discusses the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the symptoms to look out for, how to treat both types, as well as how it can develop into blindness and amputation.


    Dr. Alvarez explains to us what sort of lifestyle can increase these risks, and what you should do to avoid increasing them.


    Would you like more information about diabetes or our guest. Carlos Alvarez, MD? Visit the Heart, Vascular and Leg centre at www.heartandleg.com/

    25 min
  • Risks and Complications of Diabetes
    What is the easiest method of avoiding dangerous diabetic complications? In today’s episode, Dr. Alvarez, an internal medicine expert, dives deeper into the consequences and complications that arise from diabetes and shares with us an overall outlook that will help diabetic patients lead a healthier life.
    Key points from today's episode are:
    1. People over 40, obese teenagers, and people taking steroids are at a higher risk of diabetes because of the body developing insulin resistance, which results in high blood sugar or hyperglycemia. 
    2. Extreme thirst and hunger, unusually high frequency of urination, weight loss, dizziness, imbalance, exhaustion, and blurred vision are indicative of diabetic symptoms.
    3. Prediabetes can last a long time before it develops into diabetes; it’s important to get regular check-ups and early diagnosis so that the proper treatment is administered and dangerous complications are prevented.
    4. Consequences of diabetes include impaired vision, poor blood circulation, stroke, hemorrhage, coronary heart disease, difficulty walking, nerve damage, swelling in lower extremities, and most unfortunate, amputation.
    5. The most recommended treatments for diabetes is exercise, weight loss and diet management, and insulin-producing oral medication. Among them, exercise is the most prominent, recommended, and effective treatment.
    This podcast is brought to you by the Bakersfield Health Channel. If you wish to speak to someone about the issues discussed today, you can do so by visiting www.heartandleg.com or contacting (661) 324-41800.
     Please, do share this podcast with anyone that you think might benefit from the information learned today, you never know it could be the helping hand that someone needs. From the Bakersfield Health Channel may you walk stronger and live longer.
    25 min
  • Diabetes and the Associated risks of Amputation with Vascular Expert Dr. Kumar, MD.

    In the second episode of the Bakersfield Health Channel, Dr Kumar discusses diabetes and one of the worst-case scenarios linked to the disease: Amputation.


    Many residents of Bakersfield are at a much higher risk of diabetes, and the consequences of the disease. He discusses the differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the symptoms to look out for, how to treat both types, and how it can develop into peripheral arterial disease which causes small blockages in the veins and can often result in the amputation of a patient's lower limbs.


    Dr Vinod Kumar, MD is a well experienced medical doctor, who specialises in vascular health, so you can be sure his expert knowledge will help anyone who is interested in the medical field!


    Would you like more information about diabetes or our guest? Visit the Heart, Vascular and Leg centre at www.heartandleg.com/

    23 min

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The Bakersfield Health Channel podcast is about the small efforts you can make right now to live healthier that yield big benefits in the future.