Friday, December 9, 2011

What You Need To Know About Diabetes

By Ian Tate


While talking about diabetes, you may be frightened from the idea that you may have it. Or maybe you will be a diabetic in the future. You should find out if you're at risk for diabetes and also what the symptoms of this condition are.

Diabetes can affect the way the body deals with carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. If untreated, diabetes can be very dangerous. The diabetic people have high blood sugar level. The blood sugar level is regulated by insulin - a hormone produced by the pancreas, which depends on your eating habits.

Diabetes is a serious disease. But the startling truth is that diabetes is reversible. Diabetes is actually the top cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD). This condition occurs when the body can't regulate blood sugar, resulting in too high levels of glucose in the blood. About 16 million Americans are affected with diabetes.

Actually, there is no clear symptom for diabetes. The common symptoms observed are:

getting thirsty all the time frequent urination excessive hunger feeling overly tired; having an excessive fatigue,

There are also some other symptoms that are considered to be diabetes complications. And these are:

blurry vision; skin infections that recur often; numbness in the extremities; unhealthy gums; Hair loss and many others.

Diabetes comes in two types.

Type I Diabetes (juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes). The pancreas of people with type I diabetes cannot produce insulin.

Type II diabetes is non-insulin-dependent or adult onset diabetes. In this case, the body is resistant to insulin. This condition is often hereditary.

Type 2 Diabetes is more common than Type 1 Diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is a life-long disease marked by high levels of sugar in the blood. Conditions associated with type 2 diabetes include hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. About 90-95% of people with diabetes have type II diabetes. Up to two-thirds of people with type 2 diabetes have no symptoms. Being obese is a very big factor for the development of type II diabetes. An estimated 20% of all cases of new onset type 2 diabetes are in individuals between the ages of 9-19. It would be better to know more about type II diabetes so you can take the proper steps to control this condition.

Neglected diabetes can lead to complications like damage to the kidneys, heart disease, nerve damage, hypoglycemia, and so on. Diabetes has no treatment. But it is controllable with a good diet.




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