Harold Heart & Friends

This series of short animations featuring Harold Heart, Dorothy Diabetes, Karl and Klara Kidney and Bernard Brain, aim to raise awareness of the symptoms of cardiovascular, renal and metabolic conditions in type 2 diabetes, and the increased risk for complication in case of viral infection for people living with them.¹ The cardiovascular, renal and metabolic systems are interconnected and dysfunction in one system may lead to dysfunction in the other.^2,3 Watch the animations to find out more and speak to your healthcare professional if you think you are at risk of cardio-renal-metabolic conditions.

¹Costa FF, Rosario WR, Farias A et al. Metabolic syndrome and COVID-19: An update on the associated comorbidities and proposed therapies. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2020 September-October; 14(5): 809–814. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.06.016
²Thomas G, Sehgal AR, Kashyap SR, et al. Metabolic syndrome and kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011;6(10):2364–73.
³García-Donaire JA, Ruilope LM. Cardiovascular and Renal Links along the Cardiorenal Continuum. Int J Nephrol. 2011;2011:975782.

Click on the links below to be directed to content on each of these conditions: