Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness besides traumatic injury. It is also the main reason that people need amputations in the US.
Yes Diabetes is nothing to mess around with, it is very serious, but not a death sentence.
The key to living a healthier fuller lifestyle is to control your diabetes before it controls you. Put yourself in the driver's seat. There is no cure for diabetes but by making the right food and lifestyle choices you can still live life to the fullest.
Testing your blood glucose after eating new foods will help you determine how different foods affect you. This knowledge is essential for charting a healthy course in everyday life. Another thing to keep in mind is not to dwell on what you can't have but celebrate all the foods that you can enjoy.
Diabetes Mellitus is the correct name of this disease. If diabetes is left untreated it is fatal. Fortunately today diabetes can be treated with insulin and proper diet. Still no ones knows the precise cause though there is strong evidence of type 1 diabetes being inebriated.
Types of Diabetes.
Type 1 the pancreas stops making insulin. This type of diabetes used to be call "juvenile diabetes because people would get it before the age of 30. The current medical thinking is leaning towards that it is really a malfunction of the immune system that has been triggered by a viral infection and does not stop killing cells after the virus has been stopped. Eventually all these cells are destroyed in the pancreas can no longer produce any insulin.
Type 2 Diabetes
This type occurs in people over 40 years old. Many of its victims are over weight, have high blood pressure and high cholesterol. The pancreas is still producing insulin but the insulin does not work effectively so the body signals back to the pancreas to produce more and more insulin. This ineffectiveness of insulin production can be supplemented by taking insulin shots.
Gestational Diabetes
This type occurs during pregnancy because the woman's body can not produce enough insulin due to hormonal changes. Gestational Diabetes subsides after the birth of the child but leaves the woman with a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes down the road.
Risk Factors of Diabetes
Overweight people have a very high risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. Poor diets that are too high in fats and sugar combined with a lack of exercise all contribute to the risk factor. Combine these with increasing age and the chances of developing type 2 diabetes get pretty high. It has been found that 60 to 90% of people with this type of diabetes are over weight and well over 40 years old.
Symptoms of Diabetes
Most of the time there are none, which makes it so important to get regular diabetes screenings for early diction. Diabetes can be detected by a simple blood test.
So if you are over weight, over 40 and if there is any history of diabetes in your family, go to your doctor and get tested. There is no cure for diabetes but it is much easier to control when detected early.
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