The patient is 65 years old, suffering from diabetes for more than 20 years, this day a sudden stroke, was sent to the hospital emergency rescue, Uncle Wang is the neighbor of Uncle Li, is also a diabetic patient, can not figure out: the old Li usually blood sugar has been well-controlled, how to suddenly stroke it? In fact, diabetic patients are only concerned about blood sugar is not enough, as diabetic patients, you need to know. The ultimate killer of diabetic patients is actually ASCVD. Cruel data tells us that 70% of diabetic patients die from ASCVD complications. So what is ASCVD? Simply put, atherosclerosis leads to narrowing or blockage of blood vessels, which in turn induces ischemia or blockage of different organs, such as angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction and peripheral arterial disease, we call this widespread, atherosclerosis-derived cardiovascular disease collectively as atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). There are many risk factors for ASCVD, including irreversible factors such as age, gender, family history of early-onset coronary heart disease, race, etc., and reversible factors such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, smoking and obesity, etc. The above-mentioned risk factors can act together, which will accelerate the deterioration of blood vessels and promote the occurrence as well as the development of ASCVD. How can we reduce the risk of ASCVD events in our diabetic patients when they have taken their glucose-lowering medications on time and still had a stroke? Let’s take a look at the story of the tandem faucet: all four tandem faucets are leaking, only one of them is closed, the others are still leaking, if they are closed together to stop leaking, so experts suggest that only comprehensive management of risk factors can defeat the demon of cardiovascular disease! So how to manage risk factors comprehensively, of course we can’t do anything about those irreversible factors, but for reversible factors, such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, smoking and obesity, stress and so on we should actively control them, only by controlling the above risk factors to the maximum extent can we prevent the occurrence of big cardiovascular events from the source and really stay away from bad cardiovascular events! Therefore, diabetic patients, in addition to pay attention to blood sugar, but also regular monitoring of blood pressure and blood lipids, and actively change the bad lifestyle, light diet, more exercise, and maintain a good attitude, so as to usher in the most healthy life.