According to the World Health Organization, a few decades back diabetes was an uncommon disease, in both developed and developing countries. Today, the story is different. It is currently estimated that over 143million people worldwide are affected by the disease. This figure is ever increasing, by 2020 over 220million people are expected to be living with diabetes, if the current trend continues.
In the United States alone, there are 18.2 million people (6.3% of the population) living with diabetes. While another 13million people have been diagnosed with diabetes. Unfortunately, 5.2milion (or nearly one third) are unaware that they have the disease.
The figure for Nigeria is not readily available, but it is estimated that over 1.5million people have diabetes in Nigeria.
In developed countries, most patients of diabetes are over sixty, but in developing countries, diabetes is found to affect people in their prime.
WHAT IS DIABETES?
Diabetes Mellitus (or simply diabetes) is derived from the Greek word 'Diabeinein', meaning 'To pass through' describing copious urination, and Mellitus from the Latin word meaning 'Sweetened with honey'. These two words signify sweetened urine or sugar in urine.
Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use Insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed, in the body, to control the rate at which sugar, starch and other food are converted into glucose required as energy for daily life. The hormone is produced and released
into the blood by an organ called 'Pancreas'. This insulin help to maintain the blood glucose level within a normal range. The World Health Organization (WHO) puts this normal range between
60 - 100mg/dl (Before taking any food for the day, hence this value is called Fasting Blood Glucose). In health, despite several demands for glucose in different situations, the blood glucose rarely exceeds this value.
After a meal the liver stores the glucose from the meal as glycogen and releases it into the blood in between meals. The role of insulin is the control of this storage and release of glucose. It ensures that the amount of glucose in the blood at every particular time does not go beyond or below the normal range.
TYPES OF DIABETES.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), five classes of diabetes are recognized, these are; Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) or Type I Diabetes, Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) or Type II Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes, Diabetes Insipidus and Bronze Diabetes.
INSULIN DEPENDENT/TYPE I DIABETES: This type of diabetes was initially called Juvenile onset diabetes because it affects adolescents and young adults. It is caused by a sudden failure of the pancreas to produce Insulin. It is, therefore, an acute disease, presenting with thirst, polyuria (passing large amount of urine), diuresis and weight loss. Type I diabetes is not common, it accounts for less than 10% of all diabetes cases.
NON-INSULIN DEPENDENT/ TYPE II DIABETES: This is the most prevalent type of diabetes, accounting for more than 80% of all diabetic cases. It is found in adults and the elderly. This type of diabetes develops gradually over a long period of time (unnoticed) and is characterized by insufficient insulin, deficient insulin in the blood or the inability of the body to utilize the insulin resent (Insulin resistance). Because of its slow and gradual occurrence, it is mostly undetected until one or more of its long-term complications appear.
Unlike in Type I Diabetes, the Insulin in the blood of a Type II diabetic may be normal or even high, but lacks the desired effect, due to insulin resistance, and this is prevalent among obese people.
GESTATIONAL DIABETES: This type of diabetes occurs during pregnancy and disappears after delivery, within 3weeks. An estimated 3% of all pregnancies are accompanied by gestational diabetes and almost half of these patients are prone to developing permanent diabetes later in life.
WHAT CAUSES DIABETES.
As with hypertension and other non communicable diseases, no clear cut cause(s) can be attributed to the most prevalent type of diabetes (Type II Diabetes, Type I diabetes being secondary to failure of the pancreas). However, some factors are known to increase one's chances of becoming diabetic and these are called risk factors. For example, indolent and well-fed populations are 2 - 20times more likely to develop type II diabetes than active and lean population of the same race. Some other factors known to increase one chances of getting diabetes include:
OBESITY: It is estimated that three quarter (¾) of all Type II diabetes patient are obese. Indolent and affluent lifestyles tend to contribute to this. It is believed that a 10kg loss of weight can reduce fasting blood sugar level by almost 50md/dl. An active lifestyle with frequent exercise is also known to increase Insulin sensitivity.
The International standard for measuring overweight and obesity is based on a value called BODY MASS INDEX (BMI). This value is derived by dividing the body weight (in Kilograms) by the square of height (in metres).
i.e. BMI = Body weight (Kg) / Height2 (Metres).
Note: 1ft = 0.305metres.
For adults, a BMI less than 25kg/m2 is preferred.
25 - 29kg/m2 is considered overweight and above 30kg/m2 is Obesity.
FAMILY HISTORY: A family history of diabetes increases one's chances of getting the disease. In such a situation, leading a healthy lifestyle and constant monitoring of one's blood sugar level becomes very important.
AGE AND RACE: Most Type II diabetes patient are over 40yrs at presentation of the disease. However, the proportion of increase in the incidence of this disease with age is higher for those with a family history of diabetes, obese and probably those leading sedentary lifestyles. Moreover, diabetes tends to be more prevalent among Africans, African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans and Asian Americans. Belonging to any of the races is a risk factor in itself.
HISTORY OF GESTATIONAL DIABETES: in a woman also increases her chances/possibility of developing permanent diabetes later in life.
YOU CAN PREVENT/DELAY DIABETES!
Diabetes have no permanent cure once it develops, it is managed al through life. But you can prevent ever falling into this life long pain. Before diabetes present in people, it is almost always preceded by a situation called PRE DIABETES. A situation where the blood glucose is higher than normal, but not yet enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Saddening, however, you cannot know when you fall into this category, if you have not being monitoring your blood glucose regularly.
Pre Diabetes is itself a serious medical situation, though can still be reversed by making changes in diet pattern and increasing physical activity. To determine one's blood sugar a test called Fasting Blood Glucose has to be conducted. This test measures the amount of glucose (sugar) in one's blood before taking any meal for the day. It is measured in milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl).
A value below 100mg/dl is generally accepted to be normal, while a value greater than 100mg/dl but less than 120mg/dl is not full diabetes yet, so it is regarded as Pre diabetes. An individual with a pre diabetes blood glucose level need to take urgent steps to reduce his blood glucose or risk life long diabetes.
It should be emphasized, however, that the racial and genetic factors predisposing to diabetes are still beyond human comprehension and control. It makes common sense, therefore, to reduce all human controllable factors to the barest minimum. Most of these factors have to do with social occupational and diet habits.
The following tips can help reduce your diabetes risk:
* Reduce weight. Obesity seems to be the single most significant factor in diabetes. Reducing body weight and fat and maintaining an average body weight is very essential. To this end a body mass index (BMI) less than 25kg/m2 for males and less than 24kg/m2 for females is recommended.
* Increase Physical Activity. It is an established fact that diabetes is more common among people that lead a sedentary affluent lifestyle. Simple dynamic exercises like brisk walking for 30-50mins daily or 3-5times weekly has been shown to be very helpful. Exercise reduces bodyweight and fat, increases functionality of the heart, reduces the chances of diabetes and also boosts emotions and healthy living.
* Cut down or cut out alcohol. Alcoholic intake of more than 2units per day has been shown to adversely affect the body. Alcohol being an addictive drug makes it very difficult to maintain a definite amount of intake for a long time. It is better therefore to strive to cut out alcohol completely.
* Avoid Smoking. Cigarette smoke has been shown to contain several poisonous substances. Cigarette smoking and alcohol have been related to several disease. Stopping smoking will definitely reduce the chances of several other ailments apart from diabetes.
* Lean good eating habits, such as;
* Cut down on fatty food and junks
* Eat more of fish and poultry (without the skin is better).
* Garlic reduces blood pressure cholesterol; add it to your meal plan once in a while.
* Cut the number of eggs you take to 3- 4 weekly (better boiled than fried).
* Reduce salt intake to less than 5.8grams daily.
* Eat more of vegetables and fibre rich food, especially fruits.
* Finally, constantly monitor your fasting blood glucose, as this is the only way to know when you are getting into trouble.
CONCLUSION
Diabetes and Hypertension being so interlinked requires a comprehensive plan of care, and this revolves round one's dietary habits, social and environmental factors. Several lifestyle changes like regular exercise, maintaining a moderate body weight, reduction of fat intake and high fibre diet all help to live a normal healthy life. These measures are known to increase insulin sensitivity and also reduce blood pressure.
Conclusively, it is very important to create a more health conscious individuals in the populace. A people who practically believe that it is better and cheaper to prevent an illness than to treat it, when it has become stronger. Moreover, preventive health cannot be divorced from regular medical checks, as this two go hand in hand. There is no way to detect several non-communicable diseases without undergoing regular medical checks. The importance of these checks cannot be over emphasized.
Be alive to your health. Know your Blood glucose values and live a healthier life free from the pains of diabetes.
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Rabu, 20 September 2017
Diabetes And The Long Term Dangers
Diabetes has hidden dangers that begin before diagnosis and continue to worsen if certain steps are not taken to prevent the complications that are the true, "killers" in terms of diabetes.
Statistics show that there are around 18 million diabetics in America, both Type 1 and Type 2. It is amazing how many people, diabetics included, who have no idea what dangers a diabetic faces over their lifetime. A diabetic, all things being equal, lives almost 10 years less than their non-diabetic counterpart on average.
Why do diabetics life shorter life spans than non-diabetics? The answer is both simple and complicated. Simple in explaining in general terms, complicated in the medical sense. Without traveling the complicated route in this article, I will try to give a simple, straight forward answer to the above question. Diabetics live shorter lives than non-diabetics because of diabetic complications.
What Are Diabetic Complications?
Diabetic complications are chronic medical conditions that begin to affect the body of the diabetic. These complications are brought about mostly by a condition the medical community had named, "Advanced Glycation End products" which is simply, "excess sugar" saturating the inside of the cells of the body. This condition also called AGE for short includes coronary artery disease, vascular disease, blindness, kidney disease, retinopathy (blindness) and loss of feeling in the hands and the feet (peripheral neuropathy) among others.
Diabetes in the early stages does not produce symptoms. Unless found during a routine medical exam, it is possible for a diabetic to remain undiagnosed for years. It is during these years that the beginnings of diabetic complications can gain a foothold due excess sugar in the cells (AGE). The statistics show there is the possibility of as many as over 5 million people going about their normal lives while having undiagnosed diabetes.
Are Diabetic Complications A Certainty?
While the current consensus is that the formula for diabetic complications Diabetes + Time = Complications. What this means is there is a much higher potential of a diabetic becoming diagnosed with one or more diabetic complications over time. This is partly due to how well the individual monitors and controls his/her blood sugar.
Drastic rises and falls of blood sugar can be hard on the body and the excess sugar present in the cells create havoc on the different nerves within the body as well as the capillaries, veins, and arteries. The evidence to date show that excellent control of blood sugar and an active lifestyle goes a very long way in preventing and/or slowing down the onset of diabetic complications.
The Different Types Of Diabetes
There are two types of diabetes - Type One and Type Two. Type One attacks children and young adults and is characterized by the pancreas failing to produce insulin which is a hormone that breaks down sugars and starches while converting them into energy. Type Two occurs usually later in an adult's life and is characterized by the pancreas being unable to produce enough insulin due to several factors, obesity being one of them.
Around 10 percent of diabetics are Type One while the other 90 percent are Type Two. The major difference between the two being that Type One diabetics are completely dependent on insulin and take daily injections while the Type Two's have both those who require insulin shots while others can rely on oral medication and/or changes in diet and exercise.
The Risk Factors Surrounding Diabetes
There are several risk factors that can push a pre-diabetic into full blown diabetes.
1) being overweight.
2) family history of diabetes,
3) lack of adequate exercise.
4) history of gestational diabetes (occurs during pregnancy and usually disappears after delivery).
5) certain ethnic groups
People over 45 years of age and has one or several of the risk factors mentioned above should be screened for diabetes each year, preferably during an annual medical exam. It has been shown that people with these risk factors comprise the majority of diagnosed cases of diabetes each year.
What Tests Help Diagnose Diabetes Cases?
There are two, main tests used for determining whether or not a person has a glucose intolerance:
1) Fasting Plasma Glucose Test
2) Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
Both of these tests can determine glucose intolerance which is where blood sugar is higher than what is considered normal. This is not always an indication of diabetes however.
Can The Onset Of Diabetes Be Prevented?
People with the above risk factors can go a long way toward preventing the development of full-blown diabetes by making significant lifestyle change. What are lifestyle changes? Changing unhealthy diets to more blood sugar friendly ones, doing enough exercise to help offset increased blood sugar levels and keep the body healthy and losing weight especially if considered obese by the medical community.
If you are pre-diabetic you need to stay on a strict diabetic diet. Ask your healthcare professional for a diet that meets that criteria and limit cakes, candy, cookies, and other things made of simple sugars. Eat small, nutritious meals and eat 5 times a day instead of only three.
If you are already diagnosed with full-blown diabetes, you should follow the same diet while under the meticulous care of your healthcare professional. Keep your cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar within proper limits and have your eyes checked every year.
Diabetes can contribute to blindness, kidney disease and heart disease. Complications caused nearly 70,000 deaths in 2000.
What Can The Diabetic Look Forward To?
Diabetic complications can be prevented or lessened for a longer time period by paying serious attention to lifestyle. A diabetic who eats right, keeps his blood sugar in control and within accepted limits, exercises and gets proper rest can expect to have a quality of life that is much higher in terms of the pain and suffering that diabetic complications brings into the lives of diabetics who do nothing to change their lifestyle.
What begins to occur in the diabetic who starts to develop complications because of uncontrolled blood sugars over time is a life filled with the possibility of becoming an invalid, either blind, an amputee, or suffering renal failure or a heart attack.
The above paints a rather grim picture if lifestyle changes are not adhered to. Research has shown that the diabetic that keeps their blood sugar within acceptable limits and follows a healthy, diabetic lifestyle that has been shown to be effective against diabetic complications stands a much better chance of not developing many of the complications their less than dedicated counterparts do.
There is a new derivative of thiamine (Vitamin B1) available now that is showing great promise in greatly reducing the excess sugar in the cells of the diabetic, the process known as Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGE).
Is Benfotiamine Effective Against Diabetic Complications?
Benfotiamine is a lipid soluble derivative of thiamine. Japanese researchers developed benfotiamine in the 1950's and later patented it in the United States in 1962. No one in the US medical community paid much attention to it at the time. For the past 12 years in Europe it has been used for neuropathy, retinopathy and other uses.
The chemical name and formula for benfotiamine is: S-benzoylthiamine-O-monophosphate (C19H23N4O6PS). It wasn't until a group of researchers in New York at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University released the results of their research in 2003 in Nature Medicine Magazine did the rest of the world begin to take a look at this substance.
Benfotiamine is unique and was reported by Michael Brownlee, M.D., as showing much promise in preventing nerve and blood-vessel damage in diabetics. Every diagnosed diabetic has been told by his/her healthcare provider that diabetic complications are the true killers in terms of diabetes.
If you are a diabetic or know a diabetic, you may find additional information about benfotiamine and view research that has been recently conducted showing the benefits of preventing diabetic complications by following the link to the website below.
Zach Malott is CEO of Brentwood Health International, a nutritional supplement company involved in distribution and supplying wholesale, retail and end users.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/19479
Statistics show that there are around 18 million diabetics in America, both Type 1 and Type 2. It is amazing how many people, diabetics included, who have no idea what dangers a diabetic faces over their lifetime. A diabetic, all things being equal, lives almost 10 years less than their non-diabetic counterpart on average.
Why do diabetics life shorter life spans than non-diabetics? The answer is both simple and complicated. Simple in explaining in general terms, complicated in the medical sense. Without traveling the complicated route in this article, I will try to give a simple, straight forward answer to the above question. Diabetics live shorter lives than non-diabetics because of diabetic complications.
What Are Diabetic Complications?
Diabetic complications are chronic medical conditions that begin to affect the body of the diabetic. These complications are brought about mostly by a condition the medical community had named, "Advanced Glycation End products" which is simply, "excess sugar" saturating the inside of the cells of the body. This condition also called AGE for short includes coronary artery disease, vascular disease, blindness, kidney disease, retinopathy (blindness) and loss of feeling in the hands and the feet (peripheral neuropathy) among others.
Diabetes in the early stages does not produce symptoms. Unless found during a routine medical exam, it is possible for a diabetic to remain undiagnosed for years. It is during these years that the beginnings of diabetic complications can gain a foothold due excess sugar in the cells (AGE). The statistics show there is the possibility of as many as over 5 million people going about their normal lives while having undiagnosed diabetes.
Are Diabetic Complications A Certainty?
While the current consensus is that the formula for diabetic complications Diabetes + Time = Complications. What this means is there is a much higher potential of a diabetic becoming diagnosed with one or more diabetic complications over time. This is partly due to how well the individual monitors and controls his/her blood sugar.
Drastic rises and falls of blood sugar can be hard on the body and the excess sugar present in the cells create havoc on the different nerves within the body as well as the capillaries, veins, and arteries. The evidence to date show that excellent control of blood sugar and an active lifestyle goes a very long way in preventing and/or slowing down the onset of diabetic complications.
The Different Types Of Diabetes
There are two types of diabetes - Type One and Type Two. Type One attacks children and young adults and is characterized by the pancreas failing to produce insulin which is a hormone that breaks down sugars and starches while converting them into energy. Type Two occurs usually later in an adult's life and is characterized by the pancreas being unable to produce enough insulin due to several factors, obesity being one of them.
Around 10 percent of diabetics are Type One while the other 90 percent are Type Two. The major difference between the two being that Type One diabetics are completely dependent on insulin and take daily injections while the Type Two's have both those who require insulin shots while others can rely on oral medication and/or changes in diet and exercise.
The Risk Factors Surrounding Diabetes
There are several risk factors that can push a pre-diabetic into full blown diabetes.
1) being overweight.
2) family history of diabetes,
3) lack of adequate exercise.
4) history of gestational diabetes (occurs during pregnancy and usually disappears after delivery).
5) certain ethnic groups
People over 45 years of age and has one or several of the risk factors mentioned above should be screened for diabetes each year, preferably during an annual medical exam. It has been shown that people with these risk factors comprise the majority of diagnosed cases of diabetes each year.
What Tests Help Diagnose Diabetes Cases?
There are two, main tests used for determining whether or not a person has a glucose intolerance:
1) Fasting Plasma Glucose Test
2) Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
Both of these tests can determine glucose intolerance which is where blood sugar is higher than what is considered normal. This is not always an indication of diabetes however.
Can The Onset Of Diabetes Be Prevented?
People with the above risk factors can go a long way toward preventing the development of full-blown diabetes by making significant lifestyle change. What are lifestyle changes? Changing unhealthy diets to more blood sugar friendly ones, doing enough exercise to help offset increased blood sugar levels and keep the body healthy and losing weight especially if considered obese by the medical community.
If you are pre-diabetic you need to stay on a strict diabetic diet. Ask your healthcare professional for a diet that meets that criteria and limit cakes, candy, cookies, and other things made of simple sugars. Eat small, nutritious meals and eat 5 times a day instead of only three.
If you are already diagnosed with full-blown diabetes, you should follow the same diet while under the meticulous care of your healthcare professional. Keep your cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar within proper limits and have your eyes checked every year.
Diabetes can contribute to blindness, kidney disease and heart disease. Complications caused nearly 70,000 deaths in 2000.
What Can The Diabetic Look Forward To?
Diabetic complications can be prevented or lessened for a longer time period by paying serious attention to lifestyle. A diabetic who eats right, keeps his blood sugar in control and within accepted limits, exercises and gets proper rest can expect to have a quality of life that is much higher in terms of the pain and suffering that diabetic complications brings into the lives of diabetics who do nothing to change their lifestyle.
What begins to occur in the diabetic who starts to develop complications because of uncontrolled blood sugars over time is a life filled with the possibility of becoming an invalid, either blind, an amputee, or suffering renal failure or a heart attack.
The above paints a rather grim picture if lifestyle changes are not adhered to. Research has shown that the diabetic that keeps their blood sugar within acceptable limits and follows a healthy, diabetic lifestyle that has been shown to be effective against diabetic complications stands a much better chance of not developing many of the complications their less than dedicated counterparts do.
There is a new derivative of thiamine (Vitamin B1) available now that is showing great promise in greatly reducing the excess sugar in the cells of the diabetic, the process known as Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGE).
Is Benfotiamine Effective Against Diabetic Complications?
Benfotiamine is a lipid soluble derivative of thiamine. Japanese researchers developed benfotiamine in the 1950's and later patented it in the United States in 1962. No one in the US medical community paid much attention to it at the time. For the past 12 years in Europe it has been used for neuropathy, retinopathy and other uses.
The chemical name and formula for benfotiamine is: S-benzoylthiamine-O-monophosphate (C19H23N4O6PS). It wasn't until a group of researchers in New York at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University released the results of their research in 2003 in Nature Medicine Magazine did the rest of the world begin to take a look at this substance.
Benfotiamine is unique and was reported by Michael Brownlee, M.D., as showing much promise in preventing nerve and blood-vessel damage in diabetics. Every diagnosed diabetic has been told by his/her healthcare provider that diabetic complications are the true killers in terms of diabetes.
If you are a diabetic or know a diabetic, you may find additional information about benfotiamine and view research that has been recently conducted showing the benefits of preventing diabetic complications by following the link to the website below.
Zach Malott is CEO of Brentwood Health International, a nutritional supplement company involved in distribution and supplying wholesale, retail and end users.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/19479
Diabetes: African Americans Deadly Foe
Diabetes is having a devastating effect on the African American community. Diabetes is the fifth leading cause of death in African Americans and their death rates are twenty seven percent higher than whites.
Over 2.8 million African Americans have diabetes and one third of them don't know they have the disease. In addition, twenty five percent of African Americans between the ages of 65 - 74 have diabetes and one in four African American women, over the age of 55, have been diagnosed with the disease
The cause of diabetes is a mystery, but researchers believe that both genetics and environmental factors play roles in who will develop the disease.
Heredity
Researchers believe that African Americans and African Immigrants are predisposed to developing diabetes. Research suggests that African Americans and recent African immigrants have inherited a "thrifty gene" from their African ancestors.
This gene may have enabled Africans to use food energy more efficiently during cycles of feast and famine. Now, with fewer cycles of feast and famine, this gene may make weight control more difficult for African Americans and African Immigrants.
This genetic predisposition, coupled with impaired glucose tolerance, is often associated with the genetic tendency toward high blood pressure. People with impaired glucose tolerance have higher than normal blood glucose levels and are at a higher risk for developing diabetes.
What is Diabetes?
Diabetes, commonly know as "sugar diabetes", is a condition that occurs when the body is unable to properly produce or use insulin. Insulin is needed by the body to process sugar, starches and other foods into energy. Diabetes is a chronic condition for which there is no known cure; diabetes is a serious disease and should not be ignored.
Diabetics often suffer from low glucose levels (sugar) in their blood. Low blood sugar levels can make you disorientated, dizzy, sweaty, hungry, have headaches, have sudden mood swings, have difficulty paying attention, or have tingling sensations around the mouth.
Types of Diabetes
Pre-diabetes is a condition that occurs when a person's blood glucose levels is higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of type II diabetes. Pre-diabetes can cause damage to the heart and circulatory system, but pre-diabetes can often be controlled by controlling blood glucose levels. By controlling pre-diabetes you can often prevent or delay the onset of Type II diabetes.
Type I or juvenile-onset diabetes usually strikes people under the age of 20, but can strike at any age. Five to ten percent of African Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes are diagnosed with this type of the disease. Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disease where the body produces little or no insulin and this type of diabetes must be treated with daily insulin injections.
Type II or adult onset diabetes is responsible for ninety to ninety-five percent of diagnosed diabetes cases in African Americans. Type II results from a condition where the body fails to properly use insulin. According to the American Diabetes Association, "Type II is usually found in people over 45, who have diabetes in their family, who are overweight, who don't exercise and who have cholesterol problems." In the early stages it can often be controlled with lifestyle changes, but in the later stages diabetic pills or insulin injections are often needed.
Pregnancy related diabetes or gestational diabetes can occur in pregnant women. Gestational diabetes is often associated with high glucose blood levels or hyperglycemia. Gestational diabetes affects about four percent of all pregnant women. The disease usually goes away after delivery, but women who suffer from gestational diabetes are at a higher risk for developing diabetes later in life.
Symptoms of Diabetes
The most common symptoms of diabetes include:
excessive urination including frequent trips to the bathroom
increased thirst
increased appetite
blurred vision
unusual weight loss
increased fatigue
irritability
Complications from Diabetes
Diabetes can lead to many disabling and life threatening complications. Strokes, blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, and amputations are common complications that effect African Americans who have diabetes
Kidney Disease
"Diabetes is the second leading cause of end stage kidney disease in African Americans, accounting for about thirty percent of the new cases each year," says the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois. Up to twenty-one percent of people who develop diabetes will develop kidney disease.
Amputations
Diabetes is the leading cause of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations in the United States. More than sixty percent of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations in America occur among people with diabetes and African Americans are almost three times more likely to have a lower limb amputated due to diabetes than whites. According to Center for Disease Control (CDC), about 82,000 non-traumatic lower-limb amputations were performed among people with diabetes in 2001.
Blindness
African Americans are twice as likely to suffer from diabetes related blindness. Diabetics can develop a condition called "Diabetic Retinopathy", a disease affecting the blood vessels of the eye, which can lead to impaired vision and blindness. Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in people from 20 - 74 years of age and up to 24,000 people loose their sight each year because of diabetes.
Heart Disease
People with diabetes are up to four times more likely to develop heart disease as people who don't have diabetes. Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) is more common in diabetics and can lead to increased risk of heart attacks, stroke, and poor circulation throughout the body.
Diabetes Risk Factors
You have a greater risk for developing diabetes if you have any of the following:
Obesity
Family history of diabetes
Pre-diabetes
Low physical activity
Age greater than 45 years
High blood pressure
High blood levels of triglycerides
HDL cholesterol of less than 35
Previous diabetes during pregnancy or baby weighing more than 9 pounds
Diabetes has had a devastating effect on the African American community; it is the fifth leading cause of death and second leading cause of end stage kidney disease in African Americans.
African Americans suffer from complications from diabetes at a much higher rate than the rest of the population. African Americans are three times more likely to have a lower limb amputated because of diabetes and twice as likely to suffer from diabetes related blindness.
If you have any of the diabetes risk factors you should contact your physician and have a blood glucose test. Also discuss with your physician lifestyle changes you can take to lower your chances of developing diabetes.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/19522
Over 2.8 million African Americans have diabetes and one third of them don't know they have the disease. In addition, twenty five percent of African Americans between the ages of 65 - 74 have diabetes and one in four African American women, over the age of 55, have been diagnosed with the disease
The cause of diabetes is a mystery, but researchers believe that both genetics and environmental factors play roles in who will develop the disease.
Heredity
Researchers believe that African Americans and African Immigrants are predisposed to developing diabetes. Research suggests that African Americans and recent African immigrants have inherited a "thrifty gene" from their African ancestors.
This gene may have enabled Africans to use food energy more efficiently during cycles of feast and famine. Now, with fewer cycles of feast and famine, this gene may make weight control more difficult for African Americans and African Immigrants.
This genetic predisposition, coupled with impaired glucose tolerance, is often associated with the genetic tendency toward high blood pressure. People with impaired glucose tolerance have higher than normal blood glucose levels and are at a higher risk for developing diabetes.
What is Diabetes?
Diabetes, commonly know as "sugar diabetes", is a condition that occurs when the body is unable to properly produce or use insulin. Insulin is needed by the body to process sugar, starches and other foods into energy. Diabetes is a chronic condition for which there is no known cure; diabetes is a serious disease and should not be ignored.
Diabetics often suffer from low glucose levels (sugar) in their blood. Low blood sugar levels can make you disorientated, dizzy, sweaty, hungry, have headaches, have sudden mood swings, have difficulty paying attention, or have tingling sensations around the mouth.
Types of Diabetes
Pre-diabetes is a condition that occurs when a person's blood glucose levels is higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of type II diabetes. Pre-diabetes can cause damage to the heart and circulatory system, but pre-diabetes can often be controlled by controlling blood glucose levels. By controlling pre-diabetes you can often prevent or delay the onset of Type II diabetes.
Type I or juvenile-onset diabetes usually strikes people under the age of 20, but can strike at any age. Five to ten percent of African Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes are diagnosed with this type of the disease. Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disease where the body produces little or no insulin and this type of diabetes must be treated with daily insulin injections.
Type II or adult onset diabetes is responsible for ninety to ninety-five percent of diagnosed diabetes cases in African Americans. Type II results from a condition where the body fails to properly use insulin. According to the American Diabetes Association, "Type II is usually found in people over 45, who have diabetes in their family, who are overweight, who don't exercise and who have cholesterol problems." In the early stages it can often be controlled with lifestyle changes, but in the later stages diabetic pills or insulin injections are often needed.
Pregnancy related diabetes or gestational diabetes can occur in pregnant women. Gestational diabetes is often associated with high glucose blood levels or hyperglycemia. Gestational diabetes affects about four percent of all pregnant women. The disease usually goes away after delivery, but women who suffer from gestational diabetes are at a higher risk for developing diabetes later in life.
Symptoms of Diabetes
The most common symptoms of diabetes include:
excessive urination including frequent trips to the bathroom
increased thirst
increased appetite
blurred vision
unusual weight loss
increased fatigue
irritability
Complications from Diabetes
Diabetes can lead to many disabling and life threatening complications. Strokes, blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, and amputations are common complications that effect African Americans who have diabetes
Kidney Disease
"Diabetes is the second leading cause of end stage kidney disease in African Americans, accounting for about thirty percent of the new cases each year," says the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois. Up to twenty-one percent of people who develop diabetes will develop kidney disease.
Amputations
Diabetes is the leading cause of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations in the United States. More than sixty percent of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations in America occur among people with diabetes and African Americans are almost three times more likely to have a lower limb amputated due to diabetes than whites. According to Center for Disease Control (CDC), about 82,000 non-traumatic lower-limb amputations were performed among people with diabetes in 2001.
Blindness
African Americans are twice as likely to suffer from diabetes related blindness. Diabetics can develop a condition called "Diabetic Retinopathy", a disease affecting the blood vessels of the eye, which can lead to impaired vision and blindness. Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in people from 20 - 74 years of age and up to 24,000 people loose their sight each year because of diabetes.
Heart Disease
People with diabetes are up to four times more likely to develop heart disease as people who don't have diabetes. Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) is more common in diabetics and can lead to increased risk of heart attacks, stroke, and poor circulation throughout the body.
Diabetes Risk Factors
You have a greater risk for developing diabetes if you have any of the following:
Obesity
Family history of diabetes
Pre-diabetes
Low physical activity
Age greater than 45 years
High blood pressure
High blood levels of triglycerides
HDL cholesterol of less than 35
Previous diabetes during pregnancy or baby weighing more than 9 pounds
Diabetes has had a devastating effect on the African American community; it is the fifth leading cause of death and second leading cause of end stage kidney disease in African Americans.
African Americans suffer from complications from diabetes at a much higher rate than the rest of the population. African Americans are three times more likely to have a lower limb amputated because of diabetes and twice as likely to suffer from diabetes related blindness.
If you have any of the diabetes risk factors you should contact your physician and have a blood glucose test. Also discuss with your physician lifestyle changes you can take to lower your chances of developing diabetes.
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Diabetes For Dummies
The straight actualities on treating diabetes effectively
With diabetes now viewed as pandemic all through the world, there have been a tremendous advances in the field since the last release of Diabetes For Dummies. Presently essentially reconsidered and refreshed, it incorporates the most recent data on drugs and observing hardware, refreshed eating routine and exercise designs, new discoveries about treating diabetes in the youthful and elderly, better approaches to analyze and treat long-and here and now confusions, and that's only the tip of the iceberg.
Need to know how to oversee diabetes? Trusted diabetes master Dr. Alan Rubin gives you consoling, legitimate direction on assembling a best in class treatment program to treat diabetes effectively and carry on with a full life. You'll find out about every one of the advances in checking glucose, the most recent pharmaceuticals, and how to build up an eating regimen and exercise intend to remain sound.
New data on the brain science of diabetes and its treatment
Better approaches to analyze and treat both short-and long haul entanglements of diabetes
The most recent data about diabetes prescriptions and testing gadgets
Refreshed eating regimen and exercise designs
Extended scope about sort 2 diabetes in kids and new discoveries about how diabetes influences the elderly
Diabetes For Dummies is for the a large number of Diabetics (and their friends and family) all through the United States who are looking for an asset to enable them to deal with this malady.
With diabetes now viewed as pandemic all through the world, there have been a tremendous advances in the field since the last release of Diabetes For Dummies. Presently essentially reconsidered and refreshed, it incorporates the most recent data on drugs and observing hardware, refreshed eating routine and exercise designs, new discoveries about treating diabetes in the youthful and elderly, better approaches to analyze and treat long-and here and now confusions, and that's only the tip of the iceberg.
Need to know how to oversee diabetes? Trusted diabetes master Dr. Alan Rubin gives you consoling, legitimate direction on assembling a best in class treatment program to treat diabetes effectively and carry on with a full life. You'll find out about every one of the advances in checking glucose, the most recent pharmaceuticals, and how to build up an eating regimen and exercise intend to remain sound.
New data on the brain science of diabetes and its treatment
Better approaches to analyze and treat both short-and long haul entanglements of diabetes
The most recent data about diabetes prescriptions and testing gadgets
Refreshed eating regimen and exercise designs
Extended scope about sort 2 diabetes in kids and new discoveries about how diabetes influences the elderly
Diabetes For Dummies is for the a large number of Diabetics (and their friends and family) all through the United States who are looking for an asset to enable them to deal with this malady.
Selasa, 19 September 2017
What Is Pre-Diabetes?
A large portion of us have heard bounty about Type 2 Diabetes. It is a genuine condition causing anomalous rises in blood glucose levels. Sort 2 Diabetes now influences more than 29 million Americans and is costing the social insurance framework over $300 billion every year.
The reason for Type 2 Diabetes is multifactorial. A high BMI with an undesirable eating routine is frequently the primary offender, yet hereditary qualities may assume a part also. After some time, diabetes prompts a large group of different infections, which is the place the most significant wellbeing harm is finished. These incorporate conditions, for example, neuropathies, coronary illness, stroke, diseases, and poor injury recuperating.
As far as finding, your specialist will sound the diabetes cautioning ringer on the off chance that you have a HbA1c over 6.5 and a fasting glucose more than 125. Treatment regularly starts with drugs (Metformin is typically the principal alternative) and eating regimen and way of life proposals.
In any case... presently more as often as possible we are catching wind of what is named Pre-Diabetes. Wow, another sort of diabetes? All things considered, kind of, however not precisely. Pre-diabetes is fundamentally the starting phases of glucose abnormalities. It is a basic point where we can get individuals before they turn out to be full diabetic and much of the time even invert the movement. It is critical that we as a whole improve comprehension of this condition so we can battle the rising rates and medicinal services expenses of diabetes. To that end how about we survey the meaning of pre-diabetes, the related wellbeing dangers, and viable deterrent measures.
We as of now investigated the symptomatic criteria for diabetes. For pre-diabetes, the reaches are simply marginally lower. On the off chance that you're fasting glucose is running somewhere in the range of 100-125 and your A1c returns somewhere in the range of 5.7 to 6.4, you will probably be named as pre-diabetic. This puts you at huge hazard for diabetes inside the following 4-10 years unless strides are taken to restore your glucose to a perfect range.
This is the place I would ask, on the off chance that you happen to have them close by or on the web, to go check your labs. Truly, go check them! See where you're fasting blood glucose is at and decide whether you've had a current A1c. The reason being? Many specialists are not diagnosing pre-diabetes. Studies have demonstrated we have an under-determination issue in this nation with regards to pre-diabetes. I've seen numerous customers in my office with pre-diabetic numbers but nobody revealed to them they were pre-diabetic. So yes, go check.
It is so important to know this data in light of the fact that pre-diabetes is EASY to treat with eating regimen and way of life change. The examinations demonstrate that eating routine and way of life are the main approach to diminish glucose numbers in pre-diabetic patients. When you advance to full diabetes the shot of coming back to ordinary blood glucose is a whole lot harder. This is the ideal opportunity to make a move and right.
In the event that you are pre-diabetic and need to make strides now to abstain from getting to be plainly diabetic, here are a couple of the explored approaches to recover those numbers under control.
Eating regimen
As anyone might expect, eating regimen obviously is the essential range to address. From the examination we see that that diminishing sugars helps gigantically, as does diminishing general calorie admission to such an extent that weight reduction happens. Whenever eating regimen and weight reduction are handled together, glucose starts going the correct way too. What sort of eating regimen you inquire? Various investigations demonstrate the Mediterranean eating regimen is an exceptionally supportive guide for a general solid eating routine. Gratefully various books, cookbooks, sites, and online journals have been dedicated to along these lines of eating. Another comparative approach is the mitigating diet. In the two cases, think natural products, veggies, lean protein (particularly angle), nuts, seeds and vegetables... you get the thought.
Weight reduction
As suggested, weight reduction is critical in normalizing blood glucose levels. In many examinations they have observed weight reduction to be the most vital factor in diminishing diabetes hazard. The hypothesis is that being overweight builds aggravation in the body. Once the weight falls off and the aggravation dies down, blood glucose starts to come back to typical. Obviously slim down is constantly joined with weight reduction, so likely the eating regimen in addition to the diminishing in weight is cooperating. Whatever the reason, incorporate unobtrusive weight reduction in your arrangement and you should get comes about.
EXERCISE
Normally we can't discuss eating regimen and weight reduction without including exercise. Exercise enables support to weight reduction which we know enhances blood glucose. Aside from assisting with the weight, practice likewise enhances insulin affectability and increment digestion, all of which enable us to clear sugar from the circulation system all the more proficiently. It additionally bolsters a sound heart and enhances course, both of which are adversely affected by high glucose.
Medications
Now and again, drugs are utilized to help in the pre-diabetic state. On the off chance that eating regimen and way of life changes simply aren't working, or possibly you are at a place where you can't actualize these progressions, specialists may endorse medications, for example, Metformin to help solid blood glucose levels and moderate the movement towards diabetes. Obviously eating routine and way of life change stays central segments, however medications can frequently work in conjunction with different medicines when important.
SUPPLEMENTS
As you are likely very much aware, there are many supplements available for diabetes. They are frequently showcased for pre-diabetes also. A portion of the ones you may have known about incorporate cinnamon, alpha lipoic corrosive, chromium and Omega 3's. These have demonstrated some guarantee in different investigations led. While they can help bolster enhanced glycemic control, recall that eating regimen and way of life changes are dependably the most essential. Never depend on supplements as your essential methods for blood glucose control. They demonstrate humble outcomes, best case scenario. Like drugs, they can be useful in conjunction with changes in eating routine, exercise and weight control. next article Pre Diabetes ICD 9.
Ideally this audit gave you a speedy look into pre-diabetes and a superior comprehension of where you remain regarding glucose wellbeing. Like I specified, dependably survey your labs and be keep tabs of where you are at. While specialists are extremely proficient, some of the time they miss these beginning times of illness where little changes now can prompt huge declines in chance later. Take control of your wellbeing and be over your numbers.
The reason for Type 2 Diabetes is multifactorial. A high BMI with an undesirable eating routine is frequently the primary offender, yet hereditary qualities may assume a part also. After some time, diabetes prompts a large group of different infections, which is the place the most significant wellbeing harm is finished. These incorporate conditions, for example, neuropathies, coronary illness, stroke, diseases, and poor injury recuperating.
As far as finding, your specialist will sound the diabetes cautioning ringer on the off chance that you have a HbA1c over 6.5 and a fasting glucose more than 125. Treatment regularly starts with drugs (Metformin is typically the principal alternative) and eating regimen and way of life proposals.
In any case... presently more as often as possible we are catching wind of what is named Pre-Diabetes. Wow, another sort of diabetes? All things considered, kind of, however not precisely. Pre-diabetes is fundamentally the starting phases of glucose abnormalities. It is a basic point where we can get individuals before they turn out to be full diabetic and much of the time even invert the movement. It is critical that we as a whole improve comprehension of this condition so we can battle the rising rates and medicinal services expenses of diabetes. To that end how about we survey the meaning of pre-diabetes, the related wellbeing dangers, and viable deterrent measures.
We as of now investigated the symptomatic criteria for diabetes. For pre-diabetes, the reaches are simply marginally lower. On the off chance that you're fasting glucose is running somewhere in the range of 100-125 and your A1c returns somewhere in the range of 5.7 to 6.4, you will probably be named as pre-diabetic. This puts you at huge hazard for diabetes inside the following 4-10 years unless strides are taken to restore your glucose to a perfect range.
This is the place I would ask, on the off chance that you happen to have them close by or on the web, to go check your labs. Truly, go check them! See where you're fasting blood glucose is at and decide whether you've had a current A1c. The reason being? Many specialists are not diagnosing pre-diabetes. Studies have demonstrated we have an under-determination issue in this nation with regards to pre-diabetes. I've seen numerous customers in my office with pre-diabetic numbers but nobody revealed to them they were pre-diabetic. So yes, go check.
It is so important to know this data in light of the fact that pre-diabetes is EASY to treat with eating regimen and way of life change. The examinations demonstrate that eating routine and way of life are the main approach to diminish glucose numbers in pre-diabetic patients. When you advance to full diabetes the shot of coming back to ordinary blood glucose is a whole lot harder. This is the ideal opportunity to make a move and right.
In the event that you are pre-diabetic and need to make strides now to abstain from getting to be plainly diabetic, here are a couple of the explored approaches to recover those numbers under control.
Eating regimen
As anyone might expect, eating regimen obviously is the essential range to address. From the examination we see that that diminishing sugars helps gigantically, as does diminishing general calorie admission to such an extent that weight reduction happens. Whenever eating regimen and weight reduction are handled together, glucose starts going the correct way too. What sort of eating regimen you inquire? Various investigations demonstrate the Mediterranean eating regimen is an exceptionally supportive guide for a general solid eating routine. Gratefully various books, cookbooks, sites, and online journals have been dedicated to along these lines of eating. Another comparative approach is the mitigating diet. In the two cases, think natural products, veggies, lean protein (particularly angle), nuts, seeds and vegetables... you get the thought.
Weight reduction
As suggested, weight reduction is critical in normalizing blood glucose levels. In many examinations they have observed weight reduction to be the most vital factor in diminishing diabetes hazard. The hypothesis is that being overweight builds aggravation in the body. Once the weight falls off and the aggravation dies down, blood glucose starts to come back to typical. Obviously slim down is constantly joined with weight reduction, so likely the eating regimen in addition to the diminishing in weight is cooperating. Whatever the reason, incorporate unobtrusive weight reduction in your arrangement and you should get comes about.
EXERCISE
Normally we can't discuss eating regimen and weight reduction without including exercise. Exercise enables support to weight reduction which we know enhances blood glucose. Aside from assisting with the weight, practice likewise enhances insulin affectability and increment digestion, all of which enable us to clear sugar from the circulation system all the more proficiently. It additionally bolsters a sound heart and enhances course, both of which are adversely affected by high glucose.
Medications
Now and again, drugs are utilized to help in the pre-diabetic state. On the off chance that eating regimen and way of life changes simply aren't working, or possibly you are at a place where you can't actualize these progressions, specialists may endorse medications, for example, Metformin to help solid blood glucose levels and moderate the movement towards diabetes. Obviously eating routine and way of life change stays central segments, however medications can frequently work in conjunction with different medicines when important.
SUPPLEMENTS
As you are likely very much aware, there are many supplements available for diabetes. They are frequently showcased for pre-diabetes also. A portion of the ones you may have known about incorporate cinnamon, alpha lipoic corrosive, chromium and Omega 3's. These have demonstrated some guarantee in different investigations led. While they can help bolster enhanced glycemic control, recall that eating regimen and way of life changes are dependably the most essential. Never depend on supplements as your essential methods for blood glucose control. They demonstrate humble outcomes, best case scenario. Like drugs, they can be useful in conjunction with changes in eating routine, exercise and weight control. next article Pre Diabetes ICD 9.
Ideally this audit gave you a speedy look into pre-diabetes and a superior comprehension of where you remain regarding glucose wellbeing. Like I specified, dependably survey your labs and be keep tabs of where you are at. While specialists are extremely proficient, some of the time they miss these beginning times of illness where little changes now can prompt huge declines in chance later. Take control of your wellbeing and be over your numbers.
Eric Anderson's 11-Day Diabetes Fix – Our Complete Review
Hey mates and welcome to our review about the 11 Day Diabetes Fix by Eric Anderson.
Obviously, we will isolate this review to three unmistakable regions:
1. The basics fragment, which will help you to see better what the "11-Day Diabetes Fix" is about.
2. The portion about the essential experts and cons of the 11-Day Diabetes Fix program, which will cover a couple of its most basic focal points and disservices.
3. The conclusions zone where we share our feelings and last thoughts about Eric Anderson's treatment plan…
We should start 🙂
The Basics
The 11-Day Diabetes Fix is a straightforward manual that contains an all around requested technique on the most capable strategy to switch the indications of sort 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes without the prerequisite for work out, weight control designs or medications. Or maybe, this treatment program concentrates on the protected structure, which is acknowledged to be the fundamental driver of different ailments.
About The Author
The 11-Day Diabetes Fix control was created by Eric Anderson, who submitted his life to think ordinary prescriptions for unending ailments. Eric clears up that the procedures consolidated into his guide were proposed to empower you to stop the bothering, which causes the malabsorption of insulin in the body.
More especially, the 11 Day Diabetes Fix relies upon the legitimate examinations made by prosperity specialists and researchers about AMPK institution and OPC glucose controllers. These two components are known to be exceptionally fundamental to coordinate the body's common insulin ingestion and imperativeness creation.
The Way The 11-Day Diabetes Fix Program Works
Eric Anderson's system is made out of two areas:
Area 1
The underlying fragment of the guide focuses on AMPK protein activation with the use of two essential fixings. This will incite your body to envision that you've encountered an action and expend more fats from your run of the mill works out.
Eric Anderson clears up that by using simply normal supplements from different sustenances, you will have the ability to hold your conventional insulin limits and lift up your fat devouring segment.
Area 2
In the second bit of the 11-Day Diabetes Fix program you will encounter a summary of fixings having sufficient measure of OPC glucose controllers that overhauls the AMPK substance start. This part will teach your body how to respond to a surge of high sugar utilization without altering your customary body limits.
In fundamental words, this will allow to you take advantage of your most adored treats without anguishing unnecessarily finished your glucose level and mending focus bills.
Eric Anderson declares that by following the 11 Day Diabetes Fix program most by far can expect recognizable results in as small as five days. On the eleventh day, he promises you will experience a total change in your glucose level and be free from the commonplace troublesome reactions of the disease
Obviously, we will isolate this review to three unmistakable regions:
1. The basics fragment, which will help you to see better what the "11-Day Diabetes Fix" is about.
2. The portion about the essential experts and cons of the 11-Day Diabetes Fix program, which will cover a couple of its most basic focal points and disservices.
3. The conclusions zone where we share our feelings and last thoughts about Eric Anderson's treatment plan…
We should start 🙂
The Basics
The 11-Day Diabetes Fix is a straightforward manual that contains an all around requested technique on the most capable strategy to switch the indications of sort 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes without the prerequisite for work out, weight control designs or medications. Or maybe, this treatment program concentrates on the protected structure, which is acknowledged to be the fundamental driver of different ailments.
About The Author
The 11-Day Diabetes Fix control was created by Eric Anderson, who submitted his life to think ordinary prescriptions for unending ailments. Eric clears up that the procedures consolidated into his guide were proposed to empower you to stop the bothering, which causes the malabsorption of insulin in the body.
More especially, the 11 Day Diabetes Fix relies upon the legitimate examinations made by prosperity specialists and researchers about AMPK institution and OPC glucose controllers. These two components are known to be exceptionally fundamental to coordinate the body's common insulin ingestion and imperativeness creation.
The Way The 11-Day Diabetes Fix Program Works
Eric Anderson's system is made out of two areas:
Area 1
The underlying fragment of the guide focuses on AMPK protein activation with the use of two essential fixings. This will incite your body to envision that you've encountered an action and expend more fats from your run of the mill works out.
Eric Anderson clears up that by using simply normal supplements from different sustenances, you will have the ability to hold your conventional insulin limits and lift up your fat devouring segment.
Area 2
In the second bit of the 11-Day Diabetes Fix program you will encounter a summary of fixings having sufficient measure of OPC glucose controllers that overhauls the AMPK substance start. This part will teach your body how to respond to a surge of high sugar utilization without altering your customary body limits.
In fundamental words, this will allow to you take advantage of your most adored treats without anguishing unnecessarily finished your glucose level and mending focus bills.
Eric Anderson declares that by following the 11 Day Diabetes Fix program most by far can expect recognizable results in as small as five days. On the eleventh day, he promises you will experience a total change in your glucose level and be free from the commonplace troublesome reactions of the disease
The Growing Diabetes Epidemic
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is an umbrella organisation of over 230 national diabetes associations in 170 countries and territories. Its mission is to promote diabetes care, prevention and a cure worldwide. It collects, collates and publishes statistics related to diabetes.
According to the IDF, 415 million people around the globe suffer from diabetes today. This figure is expected to rise to 642 million by 2030, less than 15 years away, at which time 10% of the world's population will suffer from diabetes.
The disease is a killer. In 2015, five million people died from diabetes.
Indeed, somewhere in the world, a person dies of diabetes (type 2 or type 1) every six seconds... and nearly half of these deaths are among people younger than 60 years of age.
Type 2 and type 1 diabetes
The most prevalent form of diabetes is type 2, which accounts for 90% of all cases in the developed world.
Our muscles are powered by glucose which is produced by the digestive process and delivered to the muscle cells through the blood stream. But insulin is needed to open receptors in the cells so the glucose can enter. Insulin is produced by the pancreas on demand.
In type 2 diabetes the insulin produced by the pancreas cannot open the receptor cells in the body's muscle cells because the receptors are blocked by fat. In type 1, by contrast, the pancreas fails to produce insulin as required.
Type 2 is known as a life-style disease as it is triggered by poor diet and a lack of exercise. It is most closely associated with the developed world where people eat processed foods containing excessive fat, sugar and salt and follow sedentary occupations.
However, according to the IDF, it is no longer a rich-world disease. It is spreading rapidly in South-East Asia, parts of Africa and Mexico.
Diabetes in Africa
In Mauritius, for example, statistics show that 17% of the population are diabetic. However the IDF suggests that the figure may be closer to 24%, an extremely high prevalence.
Africa has about 7 million diabetics at the moment. However the WHO (World Health Organisation) predicts that this figure will have increased to more than 18 million by 2030. This astonishing rate of increase is being blamed on a growing reliance on processed foods.
According to the WHO, many people in Africa do not know they have the condition and thus are not being treated. As a result, in some parts of Africa, diabetes is responsible for more than four-fifths of deaths.
Diabetes in Mexico
In Mexico, over a third of the deaths of people aged 35 to74 years can be attributed to diabetes, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The participants included diabetics and non-diabetics aged 35 or older at the start of the study. They were monitored over 12 years and the mortality rates of those with diabetes were compared to the rates for the non-diabetics. The mortality rate for diabetics was 35 percent which is extremely high.
Nearly all the participants were type 2 diabetics. The researchers attributed the excess deaths to poorly controlled diabetes. There are at least two possible reasons for this lack of control.
The most commonly used medication to control diabetes in Mexico is sulphonylureas, used by nearly 70 percent. Only 20 percent of Mexican diabetics use metformin. Sulphonylureas lower blood glucose levels effectively by stimulating the pancreas to release more insulin.
This drug, however, causes weight gain, makes insulin resistance worse and gives rise to pancreatic burnout which makes the drug less effective after years of use. Users of sulphonylureas also show poorer heart health compared to users of other diabetes drugs.
Thus the medication used in Mexico may be a significant contributing factor to the high death rate from diabetes in that country.
Another key factor could be the very high consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks in Mexico. In 2014, the government imposed a tax on sugary drinks but it is too early to say whether is this is having an effect on the high rate of diabetes and related deaths in the country.
The cost of treating diabetes
The cost of treating diabetes is horrendous.
The IDF estimates that diabetes is responsible for 12 percent of health spending globally. Indeed, in some countries it represents a fifth of all healthcare expenditure.
This is not surprising as diabetes is not diagnosed until it is advanced... because in its early stages it has few symptoms. Indeed the statistics suggest that that globally one in two people who have diabetes are not aware they have the disease.
This means that by the time they are diagnosed the disease is well advanced and they require daily medication to control their diabetes rather than being able to rely on a change of diet and lifestyle.
In order to ensure that diabetes is diagnosed at an early stage, it is likely that governments will need impose mandatory screening... this may be made easier in the future with new non-invasive quick diagnostic techniques for predicting the risk of diabetes. These techniques do not require blood tests and could be performed during an annual check-up.
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According to the IDF, 415 million people around the globe suffer from diabetes today. This figure is expected to rise to 642 million by 2030, less than 15 years away, at which time 10% of the world's population will suffer from diabetes.
The disease is a killer. In 2015, five million people died from diabetes.
Indeed, somewhere in the world, a person dies of diabetes (type 2 or type 1) every six seconds... and nearly half of these deaths are among people younger than 60 years of age.
Type 2 and type 1 diabetes
The most prevalent form of diabetes is type 2, which accounts for 90% of all cases in the developed world.
Our muscles are powered by glucose which is produced by the digestive process and delivered to the muscle cells through the blood stream. But insulin is needed to open receptors in the cells so the glucose can enter. Insulin is produced by the pancreas on demand.
In type 2 diabetes the insulin produced by the pancreas cannot open the receptor cells in the body's muscle cells because the receptors are blocked by fat. In type 1, by contrast, the pancreas fails to produce insulin as required.
Type 2 is known as a life-style disease as it is triggered by poor diet and a lack of exercise. It is most closely associated with the developed world where people eat processed foods containing excessive fat, sugar and salt and follow sedentary occupations.
However, according to the IDF, it is no longer a rich-world disease. It is spreading rapidly in South-East Asia, parts of Africa and Mexico.
Diabetes in Africa
In Mauritius, for example, statistics show that 17% of the population are diabetic. However the IDF suggests that the figure may be closer to 24%, an extremely high prevalence.
Africa has about 7 million diabetics at the moment. However the WHO (World Health Organisation) predicts that this figure will have increased to more than 18 million by 2030. This astonishing rate of increase is being blamed on a growing reliance on processed foods.
According to the WHO, many people in Africa do not know they have the condition and thus are not being treated. As a result, in some parts of Africa, diabetes is responsible for more than four-fifths of deaths.
Diabetes in Mexico
In Mexico, over a third of the deaths of people aged 35 to74 years can be attributed to diabetes, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The participants included diabetics and non-diabetics aged 35 or older at the start of the study. They were monitored over 12 years and the mortality rates of those with diabetes were compared to the rates for the non-diabetics. The mortality rate for diabetics was 35 percent which is extremely high.
Nearly all the participants were type 2 diabetics. The researchers attributed the excess deaths to poorly controlled diabetes. There are at least two possible reasons for this lack of control.
The most commonly used medication to control diabetes in Mexico is sulphonylureas, used by nearly 70 percent. Only 20 percent of Mexican diabetics use metformin. Sulphonylureas lower blood glucose levels effectively by stimulating the pancreas to release more insulin.
This drug, however, causes weight gain, makes insulin resistance worse and gives rise to pancreatic burnout which makes the drug less effective after years of use. Users of sulphonylureas also show poorer heart health compared to users of other diabetes drugs.
Thus the medication used in Mexico may be a significant contributing factor to the high death rate from diabetes in that country.
Another key factor could be the very high consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks in Mexico. In 2014, the government imposed a tax on sugary drinks but it is too early to say whether is this is having an effect on the high rate of diabetes and related deaths in the country.
The cost of treating diabetes
The cost of treating diabetes is horrendous.
The IDF estimates that diabetes is responsible for 12 percent of health spending globally. Indeed, in some countries it represents a fifth of all healthcare expenditure.
This is not surprising as diabetes is not diagnosed until it is advanced... because in its early stages it has few symptoms. Indeed the statistics suggest that that globally one in two people who have diabetes are not aware they have the disease.
This means that by the time they are diagnosed the disease is well advanced and they require daily medication to control their diabetes rather than being able to rely on a change of diet and lifestyle.
In order to ensure that diabetes is diagnosed at an early stage, it is likely that governments will need impose mandatory screening... this may be made easier in the future with new non-invasive quick diagnostic techniques for predicting the risk of diabetes. These techniques do not require blood tests and could be performed during an annual check-up.
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Useful Information About Diabetes
In the United States alone, there are 18. 2 million people living with diabetes. While another 13 million people are already diagnosed with diabetes.
About Diabetes:
Diabetes comes from the Greek word 'Diabeinain'. That means 'To pass through' talking about copious urination, and Mellitus from your Latin word meaning 'Sweetened together with honey'. These two terms signify sweetened urine or perhaps sugar in urine.
Diabetes is a disease when the body does not generate or properly use Insulin. Insulin is a hormone which controls the rate at which starch, sugar and other food are changed into glucose. An organ called pancreas produced and released the hormone into the blood. Insulin helps to maintain the blood glucose level within a normal range.
After having a meal the liver stores the glucose from the meal as glycogen and releases it into the blood in between meals. Role of insulin is the control of this storage and release of glucose. It ensures that the amount of glucose in the blood at each particular time does not go beyond or below the normal range.
Types Of Diabetes:
According to the World Health Organization, 5 classes of diabetes are recognized.
These are:
1. Insulin Dependent Diabetes or Type I Diabetes
2. Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes or Type II Diabetes
3. Gestational Diabetes
4. Diabetes Insipidus
5. Bronze Diabetes
1. Insulin Dependent Diabetes or Type I Diabetes: Type One attacks children and young adults and is characterized by the pancreas which failing to produce insulin, which is a hormone that breaks down sugars and starches while converting them into energy.
2. Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes or Type II Diabetes: Type Two occurs later in an adult's life and is characterized by the pancreas being unable to produce enough insulin due to several factors.
3. Gestational Diabetes: This type of diabetes occurs during pregnancy and disappears after delivery, within 3 weeks. An estimated 3% of all pregnancies are accompanied by gestational diabetes and almost half of these patients are prone to developing permanent diabetes later in their life.
4. Diabetes Insipidus: Diabetes insipidus is a rare disorder where the body used the system to regulate its water levels becomes disrupted.
5. Bronze Diabetes: Bronze diabetes is a genetic disorder caused by an over storage of iron in the body which leads to organ damage, including damage to the pancreas causes the patient to develop diabetes.
Cause Of Diabetes:
No clear cut cause is usually attributed to the most prevalent type of diabetes. Some factors are able to increase one's chances of getting diabetes and these may be called risk factors. Some factors are given below:
Obesity: Approximately three quarters of almost all Type II diabetes affected persons are obese. So, obesity may be a cause of getting diabetes.
Family History: A family history of this disease increases one's chances of getting the disease.
Lack of sufficient exercise: Insufficient and irregular exercise may increase chances of becoming diabetic.
History of Gestational Diabetes: In this case, a woman also increases her possibility of developing permanent diabetes later in life.
Tests Help Diagnose Diabetes:
There are two, main tests used for determining if or not a person has glucose intolerance:
1. Fasting Plasma Glucose Test
2. Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
Preventing Diabetes:
Diabetes has no permanent cure once it develops, it is managed all through life. But you can prevent ever falling into this life long pain.
The following tips may help to reduce diabetes risk.
1. Do sufficient exercise.
2. Reducing body weight as well as fat and maintaining a typical body weight is really essential. So, decrease weight.
3. Choose whole grains and whole grain products over highly processed carbohydrates.
4. Skip the sugary drinks, and choose water, coffee, or tea instead.
5. Choose good fats instead of bad fats.
6. Limit red meat.
7. Choose nuts, poultry, or fish.
8. Cigarette smoke contains several poisonous substances. So, stop smoking.
9. Reduce salt intake.
10. Monitor your blood sugar level.
Some changes in lifestyle, such as regular exercise, maintaining a moderate body weight, reduction of fat intake and high fiber diet all help to live a normal healthy life. These measures are recognized to increase insulin sensitivity as well as reduce blood pressure.
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About Diabetes:
Diabetes comes from the Greek word 'Diabeinain'. That means 'To pass through' talking about copious urination, and Mellitus from your Latin word meaning 'Sweetened together with honey'. These two terms signify sweetened urine or perhaps sugar in urine.
Diabetes is a disease when the body does not generate or properly use Insulin. Insulin is a hormone which controls the rate at which starch, sugar and other food are changed into glucose. An organ called pancreas produced and released the hormone into the blood. Insulin helps to maintain the blood glucose level within a normal range.
After having a meal the liver stores the glucose from the meal as glycogen and releases it into the blood in between meals. Role of insulin is the control of this storage and release of glucose. It ensures that the amount of glucose in the blood at each particular time does not go beyond or below the normal range.
Types Of Diabetes:
According to the World Health Organization, 5 classes of diabetes are recognized.
These are:
1. Insulin Dependent Diabetes or Type I Diabetes
2. Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes or Type II Diabetes
3. Gestational Diabetes
4. Diabetes Insipidus
5. Bronze Diabetes
1. Insulin Dependent Diabetes or Type I Diabetes: Type One attacks children and young adults and is characterized by the pancreas which failing to produce insulin, which is a hormone that breaks down sugars and starches while converting them into energy.
2. Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes or Type II Diabetes: Type Two occurs later in an adult's life and is characterized by the pancreas being unable to produce enough insulin due to several factors.
3. Gestational Diabetes: This type of diabetes occurs during pregnancy and disappears after delivery, within 3 weeks. An estimated 3% of all pregnancies are accompanied by gestational diabetes and almost half of these patients are prone to developing permanent diabetes later in their life.
4. Diabetes Insipidus: Diabetes insipidus is a rare disorder where the body used the system to regulate its water levels becomes disrupted.
5. Bronze Diabetes: Bronze diabetes is a genetic disorder caused by an over storage of iron in the body which leads to organ damage, including damage to the pancreas causes the patient to develop diabetes.
Cause Of Diabetes:
No clear cut cause is usually attributed to the most prevalent type of diabetes. Some factors are able to increase one's chances of getting diabetes and these may be called risk factors. Some factors are given below:
Obesity: Approximately three quarters of almost all Type II diabetes affected persons are obese. So, obesity may be a cause of getting diabetes.
Family History: A family history of this disease increases one's chances of getting the disease.
Lack of sufficient exercise: Insufficient and irregular exercise may increase chances of becoming diabetic.
History of Gestational Diabetes: In this case, a woman also increases her possibility of developing permanent diabetes later in life.
Tests Help Diagnose Diabetes:
There are two, main tests used for determining if or not a person has glucose intolerance:
1. Fasting Plasma Glucose Test
2. Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
Preventing Diabetes:
Diabetes has no permanent cure once it develops, it is managed all through life. But you can prevent ever falling into this life long pain.
The following tips may help to reduce diabetes risk.
1. Do sufficient exercise.
2. Reducing body weight as well as fat and maintaining a typical body weight is really essential. So, decrease weight.
3. Choose whole grains and whole grain products over highly processed carbohydrates.
4. Skip the sugary drinks, and choose water, coffee, or tea instead.
5. Choose good fats instead of bad fats.
6. Limit red meat.
7. Choose nuts, poultry, or fish.
8. Cigarette smoke contains several poisonous substances. So, stop smoking.
9. Reduce salt intake.
10. Monitor your blood sugar level.
Some changes in lifestyle, such as regular exercise, maintaining a moderate body weight, reduction of fat intake and high fiber diet all help to live a normal healthy life. These measures are recognized to increase insulin sensitivity as well as reduce blood pressure.
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Diabetes - No More A Big Disease For A Brilliant Doctor, Educated From The Best Medical Schools
Day by day, education is not only playing a crucial role, but also reaching to the new heights. Even, students are much aware about their professional careers in their early ages and set their goals in order to achieve them. As is known, education is divided into two parts medical and non medical. Comparatively medical education has special position as it contributes in advanced and beneficial researches for improving the health of people.
Well! This article is related to diabetes, which is a common and complex disease. Day by day, diabetes is infecting to children, teenagers, senior citizens and even old age peoples. Through this article I want to give a little information about diabetes, types of diabetes, causes of diabetes, symptoms of diabetes and its precautions, etc. I hope after reading this article you will get some useful stuff regarding the same.
Diabetes:
Diabetes is a common and complex disease which can affect the entire body of a person. Diabetes causes when the level of sugar becomes too high because the pancreas does not generate insulin, which help glucose in order to enter into the body. Diabetes requires extra health care and if complications arise, then it puts an adverse effect on the quality of life and also reduces the life expectancy of a diabetic person.
There are 3 Types of Diabetes:
Type 1: Person who does not generate any insulin or in a very less amount, are affected by Type 1 diabetes. Because their pancreas does not produce any insulin or enough insulin to help glucose enter into the cells of the body and their body become unable to use glucose for energy. Due to Type 1 diabetes patients lose weight very quickly because their body is actually being starved and they even can die if insulin is not injected into their bodies in a proper amount.
Therefore, Insulin is provided by injection accordingly to the diabetic patient along with diet chart in order to improve their health condition.
Type 2: Person who may generate insulin but not in sufficient amount can be affected by Type 2 diabetes. Being overweight or obese is the cause insulin resistance. Type 2 diabetes infects mostly to the young people and children. A person affected by Type 2 diabetes is treated with weight loss and physical activity on a regular basis. Treatment in the form of medicinal pills is often required in order to stimulate the pancreas to generate insulin in proper amount. A person affected by this type of diabetes generally requires insulin in order to stay alive.
Diabetes of pregnancy (gestational diabetes): The diabetes of pregnancy or you may say gestational diabetes, which takes place when a pregnant lady has high levels of glucose in her blood. When a mother cannot able to produce insulin in an enough amount then they caused high blood sugar. This kind of diabetes is temporary and different from Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, which usually disappears after pregnancy of a lady. A lady who suffers from diabetes of pregnancy has a risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in the future, therefore they should check up their blood sugar each year.
Causes of Diabetes:
Genes: It is one of the factors which cause diabetes to an individual. It is found by scientist that if parents are affected by diabetes, then chances of diabetes are increased in the children too.
Extra weight: Overweight and obesity is also a reason behind diabetes as it causes insulin resistance, especially when one carries extra pounds around the waist.
Metabolic syndrome: patient causes diabetes when they are suffering from other conditions, for instances, high blood pressure, high blood glucose, extra fat around the waist and high cholesterol.
Too much glucose from your liver: First of all, it may also a reason behind diabetes. If a person's blood sugar is low, then their liver makes and sends out glucose. After eating, blood sugar goes up, and the liver will slow down automatically and it stores the glucose for later. But some people's livers don't. They keep pulling out sugar.
Bad communication between cells: Sometimes, bad communication among cells becomes the cause of diabetes due to sending the wrong signal.
Common Signs of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes:
1. Always feeling hungry
2. Being more thirsty than usual
3. Blurred vision
4. Feeling dizzy
5. Feeling tired and lethargic
6. Gradually putting on weight (type 2)
7. Having cuts that heal slowly
8. Headaches
9. Itching, skin infections
10. Leg cramps
11. Mood swings
12. Passing more urine
13. Unexplained weight loss (type 1)
Precaution of Diabetes:
1. Avoid smoking
2. Keep your blood pressure and cholesterol under control
3. Schedule regular physical check up
4. Keep your vaccine up to date
5. Exercise everyday
6. Get sunshine or vitamin D
Finally, I want to say that there is a plethora of accredited and best medical schools across the world, which offers a wide array of medical courses, like General Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and much more. These medical schools provide the best medical education by the highly educated and intelligent professional professors to the medical students.
All these best medical universities want their students to become a professional and skilled doctor by providing the best practical knowledge about the particular medical field in which they take admission. As we all know that a large number of medical students want to get enrolled in the top medical universities and if some of them study medicine properly then they may surely improve the health condition of infected patients.
This article is created by Seema Rawat, a content as well as creative writer. She loves writing on different topics, either on education, politics, information & technology or many more.
If you are really passionate about your professional medical career and want to get enrolled in the best medical schools, then Kyiv National Medical University in Ukraine is the best in order to study Pharmacy, Stomatology, General Medicine and other essential medical courses. Well! The proper education of such courses makes student learn about the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of several kinds of complex diseases like diabetes, which is infecting most of the people, including, children, teenagers, senior citizens and old age peoples, day by day.
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Well! This article is related to diabetes, which is a common and complex disease. Day by day, diabetes is infecting to children, teenagers, senior citizens and even old age peoples. Through this article I want to give a little information about diabetes, types of diabetes, causes of diabetes, symptoms of diabetes and its precautions, etc. I hope after reading this article you will get some useful stuff regarding the same.
Diabetes:
Diabetes is a common and complex disease which can affect the entire body of a person. Diabetes causes when the level of sugar becomes too high because the pancreas does not generate insulin, which help glucose in order to enter into the body. Diabetes requires extra health care and if complications arise, then it puts an adverse effect on the quality of life and also reduces the life expectancy of a diabetic person.
There are 3 Types of Diabetes:
Type 1: Person who does not generate any insulin or in a very less amount, are affected by Type 1 diabetes. Because their pancreas does not produce any insulin or enough insulin to help glucose enter into the cells of the body and their body become unable to use glucose for energy. Due to Type 1 diabetes patients lose weight very quickly because their body is actually being starved and they even can die if insulin is not injected into their bodies in a proper amount.
Therefore, Insulin is provided by injection accordingly to the diabetic patient along with diet chart in order to improve their health condition.
Type 2: Person who may generate insulin but not in sufficient amount can be affected by Type 2 diabetes. Being overweight or obese is the cause insulin resistance. Type 2 diabetes infects mostly to the young people and children. A person affected by Type 2 diabetes is treated with weight loss and physical activity on a regular basis. Treatment in the form of medicinal pills is often required in order to stimulate the pancreas to generate insulin in proper amount. A person affected by this type of diabetes generally requires insulin in order to stay alive.
Diabetes of pregnancy (gestational diabetes): The diabetes of pregnancy or you may say gestational diabetes, which takes place when a pregnant lady has high levels of glucose in her blood. When a mother cannot able to produce insulin in an enough amount then they caused high blood sugar. This kind of diabetes is temporary and different from Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, which usually disappears after pregnancy of a lady. A lady who suffers from diabetes of pregnancy has a risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in the future, therefore they should check up their blood sugar each year.
Causes of Diabetes:
Genes: It is one of the factors which cause diabetes to an individual. It is found by scientist that if parents are affected by diabetes, then chances of diabetes are increased in the children too.
Extra weight: Overweight and obesity is also a reason behind diabetes as it causes insulin resistance, especially when one carries extra pounds around the waist.
Metabolic syndrome: patient causes diabetes when they are suffering from other conditions, for instances, high blood pressure, high blood glucose, extra fat around the waist and high cholesterol.
Too much glucose from your liver: First of all, it may also a reason behind diabetes. If a person's blood sugar is low, then their liver makes and sends out glucose. After eating, blood sugar goes up, and the liver will slow down automatically and it stores the glucose for later. But some people's livers don't. They keep pulling out sugar.
Bad communication between cells: Sometimes, bad communication among cells becomes the cause of diabetes due to sending the wrong signal.
Common Signs of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes:
1. Always feeling hungry
2. Being more thirsty than usual
3. Blurred vision
4. Feeling dizzy
5. Feeling tired and lethargic
6. Gradually putting on weight (type 2)
7. Having cuts that heal slowly
8. Headaches
9. Itching, skin infections
10. Leg cramps
11. Mood swings
12. Passing more urine
13. Unexplained weight loss (type 1)
Precaution of Diabetes:
1. Avoid smoking
2. Keep your blood pressure and cholesterol under control
3. Schedule regular physical check up
4. Keep your vaccine up to date
5. Exercise everyday
6. Get sunshine or vitamin D
Finally, I want to say that there is a plethora of accredited and best medical schools across the world, which offers a wide array of medical courses, like General Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and much more. These medical schools provide the best medical education by the highly educated and intelligent professional professors to the medical students.
All these best medical universities want their students to become a professional and skilled doctor by providing the best practical knowledge about the particular medical field in which they take admission. As we all know that a large number of medical students want to get enrolled in the top medical universities and if some of them study medicine properly then they may surely improve the health condition of infected patients.
This article is created by Seema Rawat, a content as well as creative writer. She loves writing on different topics, either on education, politics, information & technology or many more.
If you are really passionate about your professional medical career and want to get enrolled in the best medical schools, then Kyiv National Medical University in Ukraine is the best in order to study Pharmacy, Stomatology, General Medicine and other essential medical courses. Well! The proper education of such courses makes student learn about the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of several kinds of complex diseases like diabetes, which is infecting most of the people, including, children, teenagers, senior citizens and old age peoples, day by day.
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Does Diabetes Cause Hearing Loss?
Diabetes and hearing loss are two of the world's most widespread health concerns.
Diabetes affects an estimated 10% of the adult population in the Western World. About 40% of these cases are undiagnosed.
About 16-17% of Americans and Europeans suffer from a partial or total inability to hear.
There is a strong relationship between age and hearing loss. For example, in America 8% of 18 to 44 years old, 19% of 45 to 64 years old, and 30% of 65 to 74 years old report trouble with their hearing.
What causes hearing loss?
Hearing loss develops when sound signals are unable to reach the brain. This may be due to one or both of the following causes:
[1] Sensorineural deafness
The inner part of the ear contains tiny hair cells (nerve endings) that change sounds into electric signals. The nerves then carry these signals to the brain.
Damage to the tiny hair cells, the nerve fibres in the inner ear, the auditory nerve that carries the sound signals to the brain (auditory nerve), or the brain itself can cause partial or full loss of hearing.
Known as sensorineural deafness, this kind of hearing loss is permanent.
[2] Conductive hearing impairment
Earwax, ear infections, a perforated ear drum or damage to the hearing bones can all prevent sounds from passing from your outer ear to your inner ear.
This conductive hearing impairment may be only a temporary problem.
Mixed hearing loss... it is possible for both of these problems to occur at the same time.
Hearing loss, of whatever sort, can be caused by a variety of factors. These include:
Aging ... getting progressively deaf as you grow older is a fact of life
Prolonged exposure to loud noises ... noise is the cause of roughly half of all cases of hearing loss and responsible for some degree of hearing problems in 5% of the global population
Chemicals ... certain chemicals (combined with loud noises) can increase a person's hearing loss
Genes ... impaired hearing can be inherited
Illness ... measles, meningitis and mumps can all lead to some degree of hearing loss; so too can neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis and stroke
Medicines ... such as antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs and diuretics can cause irreversible ear damage, which is one reason why their use is limited
Physical trauma ... people who sustain head injuries are especially vulnerable to hearing loss or tinnitus (ringing in the ears), either temporary or permanent
What are the signs of hearing loss?
Hearing loss can be so gradual that you may not notice it. In fact, your family or friends may notice a loss of hearing before you do.
You probably have impaired hearing if you:
Find it hard to hear other people clearly or feel that their voices sound mumbled or slurred
Have trouble following conversations that involve more than two people talking
Have problems hearing in noisy places such as busy pubs or restaurants or other places where there is background noise
Find it easier to understand men compared to women and children
Need to turn up the volume excessively when listening to music or watching TV
Find it difficult to hear your telephone, mobile, alarm clock or the door bell
Find that some sounds seem too loud.
Find it hard to tell high-pitched sounds (such as "s" or "th") from one another.
Have a feeling of being off-balance or dizzy
Have a ringing or buzzing sound in your ears (tinnitus)
Does diabetes cause hearing loss?
The link between diabetes and deafness has been debated since the early 1960s.
Early attempts to establish an association between diabetes and hearing impairment either found a weak association or no association at all.
These studies however were based on small samples of older adults. Some of them were conducted in industrial or military settings and the possibility that the deafness suffered by diabetics was not due to occupational exposure to noise could not be ruled out.
NIH Research
In June 2008, a study by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found a strong and consistent link between impaired hearing and diabetes.
The investigators found participants with diabetes or pre-diabetes were twice as likely to have at least mild hearing loss compared to people without diabetes... even after accounting for major factors known to affect hearing, such as age, race, ethnicity, exposure to noise, income level and the use of certain medications.
The link between diabetes and hearing loss was evident across all frequencies, with a stronger association in the high frequency range.
For high frequency sounds, mild or greater hearing impairment in the worst ear was 54% in diabetics compared to 32% in non-diabetics. Overall figures for low- or mid-frequency sounds in the worst ear were 21% and 9% respectively.
Adults with pre-diabetes had, overall, a 30% higher rate of hearing loss compared to persons who were not diabetic.
Furthermore, these conclusions held across a variety of socio-demographic characteristics such as age, gender, educational attainments and ethnicity.
The analyses also demonstrated a stronger link between diagnosed diabetes and hearing impairment in younger people compared to older people.
In addition, the greater occurrence of hearing impairment among diabetics was not limited to those who might have been predisposed to the condition, such as smokers, those who had been exposed to excessive noise or persons taking medication that affected the ear.
The link between diabetes and deafness demonstrated by the NIH study has been reinforced by a later Japanese study.
Japanese research
In July 2011, scientists from the Tsukuba University Hospital Mito Medical Centre in Ibaraki, Japan, found that loss of hearing is more than twice as common in people with diabetes than in non-diabetics.
The team amalgamated the findings of 13 studies involving nearly 8,800 people with deficient hearing and 23,839 people who could hear normally. They found that, compared to non-diabetics, persons with diabetes are 2.3 times more likely to suffer at least mild impairment of hearing.
How does diabetes cause hearing loss?
The differences in hearing impairment between diabetics and non-diabetics diminish with increasing age. This suggests that diabetes may be aging the ear prematurely.
Perhaps, but right now we only know that there is a strong association between diabetes and loss of hearing. We don't know whether or how diabetes actually causes hearing loss.
It is likely however that high blood glucose levels affect the supply of blood or oxygen to the tiny blood vessels and nerves of the inner ear which, over time, damages these blood vessels and nerves, causing hearing loss... similar to the way in which diabetes can damage the eyes, kidneys and feet.
Autopsies of deceased diabetics have shown evidence of such damage.
But more research needs to be done to discover why diabetics have a higher rate of hearing loss compared to non-diabetics.
Prospective studies (which watch for outcomes such as the development of a disease) need to be carried out to test whether hearing impairment begins earlier among diabetics than among persons without diabetes. If it turns out that diabetics begin to lose their hearing at an earlier stage, this would help decide whether diabetes contributes to loss of hearing.
In my opinion, the evidence so far and my own experience of hearing loss, diabetes is one of several causes of hearing impairment.
What can you do about diabetic hearing loss?
The answer to the question is... diet... the same diet that you use to control your diabetes and stay healthy.
To beat your diabetes and save what is left of your hearing you should eat natural, unprocessed foods, mainly plants, that are low in sugar, low in fat, low in salt, high in fibre and digested slowly. You also need to exclude dairy products and eggs from your diet and drink plenty of water.
While it probably will not reverse your deafness and enable you to hear clearly again it, this Beating-Diabetes diet can be expected to stop or slow down the degeneration in your hearing.
But for the diet to be successful, you also need to avoid things that can acerbate your hearing loss, such as loud noises and medicines that can affect your hearing.
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Diabetes affects an estimated 10% of the adult population in the Western World. About 40% of these cases are undiagnosed.
About 16-17% of Americans and Europeans suffer from a partial or total inability to hear.
There is a strong relationship between age and hearing loss. For example, in America 8% of 18 to 44 years old, 19% of 45 to 64 years old, and 30% of 65 to 74 years old report trouble with their hearing.
What causes hearing loss?
Hearing loss develops when sound signals are unable to reach the brain. This may be due to one or both of the following causes:
[1] Sensorineural deafness
The inner part of the ear contains tiny hair cells (nerve endings) that change sounds into electric signals. The nerves then carry these signals to the brain.
Damage to the tiny hair cells, the nerve fibres in the inner ear, the auditory nerve that carries the sound signals to the brain (auditory nerve), or the brain itself can cause partial or full loss of hearing.
Known as sensorineural deafness, this kind of hearing loss is permanent.
[2] Conductive hearing impairment
Earwax, ear infections, a perforated ear drum or damage to the hearing bones can all prevent sounds from passing from your outer ear to your inner ear.
This conductive hearing impairment may be only a temporary problem.
Mixed hearing loss... it is possible for both of these problems to occur at the same time.
Hearing loss, of whatever sort, can be caused by a variety of factors. These include:
Aging ... getting progressively deaf as you grow older is a fact of life
Prolonged exposure to loud noises ... noise is the cause of roughly half of all cases of hearing loss and responsible for some degree of hearing problems in 5% of the global population
Chemicals ... certain chemicals (combined with loud noises) can increase a person's hearing loss
Genes ... impaired hearing can be inherited
Illness ... measles, meningitis and mumps can all lead to some degree of hearing loss; so too can neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis and stroke
Medicines ... such as antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs and diuretics can cause irreversible ear damage, which is one reason why their use is limited
Physical trauma ... people who sustain head injuries are especially vulnerable to hearing loss or tinnitus (ringing in the ears), either temporary or permanent
What are the signs of hearing loss?
Hearing loss can be so gradual that you may not notice it. In fact, your family or friends may notice a loss of hearing before you do.
You probably have impaired hearing if you:
Find it hard to hear other people clearly or feel that their voices sound mumbled or slurred
Have trouble following conversations that involve more than two people talking
Have problems hearing in noisy places such as busy pubs or restaurants or other places where there is background noise
Find it easier to understand men compared to women and children
Need to turn up the volume excessively when listening to music or watching TV
Find it difficult to hear your telephone, mobile, alarm clock or the door bell
Find that some sounds seem too loud.
Find it hard to tell high-pitched sounds (such as "s" or "th") from one another.
Have a feeling of being off-balance or dizzy
Have a ringing or buzzing sound in your ears (tinnitus)
Does diabetes cause hearing loss?
The link between diabetes and deafness has been debated since the early 1960s.
Early attempts to establish an association between diabetes and hearing impairment either found a weak association or no association at all.
These studies however were based on small samples of older adults. Some of them were conducted in industrial or military settings and the possibility that the deafness suffered by diabetics was not due to occupational exposure to noise could not be ruled out.
NIH Research
In June 2008, a study by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found a strong and consistent link between impaired hearing and diabetes.
The investigators found participants with diabetes or pre-diabetes were twice as likely to have at least mild hearing loss compared to people without diabetes... even after accounting for major factors known to affect hearing, such as age, race, ethnicity, exposure to noise, income level and the use of certain medications.
The link between diabetes and hearing loss was evident across all frequencies, with a stronger association in the high frequency range.
For high frequency sounds, mild or greater hearing impairment in the worst ear was 54% in diabetics compared to 32% in non-diabetics. Overall figures for low- or mid-frequency sounds in the worst ear were 21% and 9% respectively.
Adults with pre-diabetes had, overall, a 30% higher rate of hearing loss compared to persons who were not diabetic.
Furthermore, these conclusions held across a variety of socio-demographic characteristics such as age, gender, educational attainments and ethnicity.
The analyses also demonstrated a stronger link between diagnosed diabetes and hearing impairment in younger people compared to older people.
In addition, the greater occurrence of hearing impairment among diabetics was not limited to those who might have been predisposed to the condition, such as smokers, those who had been exposed to excessive noise or persons taking medication that affected the ear.
The link between diabetes and deafness demonstrated by the NIH study has been reinforced by a later Japanese study.
Japanese research
In July 2011, scientists from the Tsukuba University Hospital Mito Medical Centre in Ibaraki, Japan, found that loss of hearing is more than twice as common in people with diabetes than in non-diabetics.
The team amalgamated the findings of 13 studies involving nearly 8,800 people with deficient hearing and 23,839 people who could hear normally. They found that, compared to non-diabetics, persons with diabetes are 2.3 times more likely to suffer at least mild impairment of hearing.
How does diabetes cause hearing loss?
The differences in hearing impairment between diabetics and non-diabetics diminish with increasing age. This suggests that diabetes may be aging the ear prematurely.
Perhaps, but right now we only know that there is a strong association between diabetes and loss of hearing. We don't know whether or how diabetes actually causes hearing loss.
It is likely however that high blood glucose levels affect the supply of blood or oxygen to the tiny blood vessels and nerves of the inner ear which, over time, damages these blood vessels and nerves, causing hearing loss... similar to the way in which diabetes can damage the eyes, kidneys and feet.
Autopsies of deceased diabetics have shown evidence of such damage.
But more research needs to be done to discover why diabetics have a higher rate of hearing loss compared to non-diabetics.
Prospective studies (which watch for outcomes such as the development of a disease) need to be carried out to test whether hearing impairment begins earlier among diabetics than among persons without diabetes. If it turns out that diabetics begin to lose their hearing at an earlier stage, this would help decide whether diabetes contributes to loss of hearing.
In my opinion, the evidence so far and my own experience of hearing loss, diabetes is one of several causes of hearing impairment.
What can you do about diabetic hearing loss?
The answer to the question is... diet... the same diet that you use to control your diabetes and stay healthy.
To beat your diabetes and save what is left of your hearing you should eat natural, unprocessed foods, mainly plants, that are low in sugar, low in fat, low in salt, high in fibre and digested slowly. You also need to exclude dairy products and eggs from your diet and drink plenty of water.
While it probably will not reverse your deafness and enable you to hear clearly again it, this Beating-Diabetes diet can be expected to stop or slow down the degeneration in your hearing.
But for the diet to be successful, you also need to avoid things that can acerbate your hearing loss, such as loud noises and medicines that can affect your hearing.
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Diabetes MellitusDiabetes Mellitus, often shortened as Diabetes, is a medical condition in which the cells of the body find it difficult to absorb and utilize sugar or because there is inadequate secretion of insulin. This results in high level of sugar in the blood. The first signs are frequent urination known as polyuria, constant thirst - polydipsia and constant hunger - polyphagia. There are three main types of Diabetes - Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes and Gestation Diabetes. Type 1 Diabetes Here, the body does not secrete insulin at all. Due to the fact that people usually develop it before the age of forty, it often referred to as either juvenile diabetes or early-onset diabetes. People hardly talk about this type of diabetes because it is not half as prevalent as type 2 diabetes. However, it is also dangerous. Patients of type 1 diabetes have to take insulin injection that will enhance absorption of sugar for the rest of their lives. This will in turn regulate the blood sugar level. They also have to follow a special diet as prescribed by their physician. Type 2 Diabetes For this type of diabetes, it is either the body secretes inadequate insulin or the cells in the body do not react to insulin. They are insulin resistance. This is the most prevalent type of diabetes. In fact, 9 out of every 10 cases of diabetes are type 2 diabetes. To control this type of diabetes, you need to constantly monitor your blood sugar level, embark on a serious weight loss program, change your diet and do plenty of exercises. But since these measures only control it, they don't cure it. It gradually gets worse as the cells of the body begin to grow old and weak and the immune system also becomes weaker with age. The patient will eventually have to take insulin in form of tablets. The more obese you are, the higher your chances of developing type 2 diabetes. This is majorly because obesity makes the body secrete certain chemicals that weaken both metabolic and cardiovascular systems of the body. Being obese is not the only factor that promotes type 2 diabetes. Not putting your body through regular physical activities can also put you on a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Eating the wrong food plays a major role too. You should watch what you eat. Gestational Diabetes This type of diabetes is the one that is common among pregnant women. Patients have a very high level of blood glucose and their body cannot produce enough insulin to utilize all the sugar. If this diabetes is not curbed or controlled, it can lead to complications during childbirth. It can make the baby bigger than normal and this can lead to caesarian section. Once this diabetes is diagnosed, patients need to be put on blood-sugar controlling medications. Results of a recent research indicate that eating a lot of animal fat and cholesterol puts you on a high risk of developing this type of diabetes. Needless to say if you still plan to have babies, you should limit the amount of cholesterol and animal fat you consume. To check whether you have diabetes or not, you need to go for any of the following three most reliable diabetes tests The A1C test If the result of this test is 6.5% or above, it means you already have diabetes. But if it is between 5.7% and 5.99%, it means you are already in prediabetes stage. This means that your blood glocuse level is already higher than normal but not high enough to be confirmed as diabetes. And if you are lucky enough to get less than 5.77%, this means that you are normal. The Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG) test A result of above 126 mg/dl indicates full blown diabetes. But if your result is between 100 mg/dl and 125.99 mg/dl, you are already in the prediabetes stage. Suffice to say a less than 100mg/dl result means you are very okay. The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) When your result is less than 140 mg/dl, you are normal. If the result is between 140 and 199.9 mg/dl, you are in your prediabetes phase and if it is 200 mg/dl or above, you already have diabetes. However, each of the three tests could give you an abnormal result. This indicates that the patient being tested has impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). To control diabetes, you to change your diet to a low-sugar or no-sugar diet, engage in regular rigorous exercise, and proper weight loss program and most importantly, regular intake of insulin either as injection or as a supplement. A badly controlled diabetes and an uncontrolled one can lead to some of the following medical conditions. • Several eye diseases like cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy... etc • Foot/leg problems like neuropathy and on rare cases, it could lead to gangrene which requires a quick amputation of the leg. • The skin is not also spared. Diabetes renders the skin vulnerable to a lot of skin infections • Different heart diseases that could hinder proper blood circulation to the heart and from the heart. • Hypertension can also be caused by badly managed diabetes • Depression • Hearing problems • Neuropathy • Kidney diseases • Disease of the veins and arteries • Stroke • Erectile dysfunction in men or complete impotence • Hemophilia • Even wounds will take more time to heal up. In conclusion, the biggest and saddest problem with diabetes is that it quickens death!!! It is unfortunate that sometimes patient ask for quick death when the pains become unbearable. In reality, how would someone suffer some of the medical conditions above and not ask for death? Since diabetes lacks cure, it is often better to prevent it by eating right and putting your body through daily rigorous activities now. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/9390923
Diabetes Mellitus, often shortened as Diabetes, is a medical condition in which the cells of the body find it difficult to absorb and utilize sugar or because there is inadequate secretion of insulin. This results in high level of sugar in the blood. The first signs are frequent urination known as polyuria, constant thirst - polydipsia and constant hunger - polyphagia.
There are three main types of Diabetes - Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes and Gestation Diabetes.
Type 1 Diabetes
Here, the body does not secrete insulin at all. Due to the fact that people usually develop it before the age of forty, it often referred to as either juvenile diabetes or early-onset diabetes. People hardly talk about this type of diabetes because it is not half as prevalent as type 2 diabetes. However, it is also dangerous. Patients of type 1 diabetes have to take insulin injection that will enhance absorption of sugar for the rest of their lives. This will in turn regulate the blood sugar level. They also have to follow a special diet as prescribed by their physician.
Type 2 Diabetes
For this type of diabetes, it is either the body secretes inadequate insulin or the cells in the body do not react to insulin. They are insulin resistance. This is the most prevalent type of diabetes. In fact, 9 out of every 10 cases of diabetes are type 2 diabetes.
To control this type of diabetes, you need to constantly monitor your blood sugar level, embark on a serious weight loss program, change your diet and do plenty of exercises. But since these measures only control it, they don't cure it. It gradually gets worse as the cells of the body begin to grow old and weak and the immune system also becomes weaker with age.
The patient will eventually have to take insulin in form of tablets. The more obese you are, the higher your chances of developing type 2 diabetes. This is majorly because obesity makes the body secrete certain chemicals that weaken both metabolic and cardiovascular systems of the body.
Being obese is not the only factor that promotes type 2 diabetes. Not putting your body through regular physical activities can also put you on a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Eating the wrong food plays a major role too. You should watch what you eat.
Gestational Diabetes
This type of diabetes is the one that is common among pregnant women. Patients have a very high level of blood glucose and their body cannot produce enough insulin to utilize all the sugar. If this diabetes is not curbed or controlled, it can lead to complications during childbirth. It can make the baby bigger than normal and this can lead to caesarian section.
Once this diabetes is diagnosed, patients need to be put on blood-sugar controlling medications. Results of a recent research indicate that eating a lot of animal fat and cholesterol puts you on a high risk of developing this type of diabetes. Needless to say if you still plan to have babies, you should limit the amount of cholesterol and animal fat you consume.
To check whether you have diabetes or not, you need to go for any of the following three most reliable diabetes tests
The A1C test
If the result of this test is 6.5% or above, it means you already have diabetes. But if it is between 5.7% and 5.99%, it means you are already in prediabetes stage. This means that your blood glocuse level is already higher than normal but not high enough to be confirmed as diabetes. And if you are lucky enough to get less than 5.77%, this means that you are normal.
The Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG) test
A result of above 126 mg/dl indicates full blown diabetes. But if your result is between 100 mg/dl and 125.99 mg/dl, you are already in the prediabetes stage. Suffice to say a less than 100mg/dl result means you are very okay.
The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT)
When your result is less than 140 mg/dl, you are normal. If the result is between 140 and 199.9 mg/dl, you are in your prediabetes phase and if it is 200 mg/dl or above, you already have diabetes.
However, each of the three tests could give you an abnormal result. This indicates that the patient being tested has impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).
To control diabetes, you to change your diet to a low-sugar or no-sugar diet, engage in regular rigorous exercise, and proper weight loss program and most importantly, regular intake of insulin either as injection or as a supplement.
A badly controlled diabetes and an uncontrolled one can lead to some of the following medical conditions.
• Several eye diseases like cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy... etc
• Foot/leg problems like neuropathy and on rare cases, it could lead to gangrene which requires a quick amputation of the leg.
• The skin is not also spared. Diabetes renders the skin vulnerable to a lot of skin infections
• Different heart diseases that could hinder proper blood circulation to the heart and from the heart.
• Hypertension can also be caused by badly managed diabetes
• Depression
• Hearing problems
• Neuropathy
• Kidney diseases
• Disease of the veins and arteries
• Stroke
• Erectile dysfunction in men or complete impotence
• Hemophilia
• Even wounds will take more time to heal up.
In conclusion, the biggest and saddest problem with diabetes is that it quickens death!!!
It is unfortunate that sometimes patient ask for quick death when the pains become unbearable. In reality, how would someone suffer some of the medical conditions above and not ask for death? Since diabetes lacks cure, it is often better to prevent it by eating right and putting your body through daily rigorous activities now.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/9390923
There are three main types of Diabetes - Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes and Gestation Diabetes.
Type 1 Diabetes
Here, the body does not secrete insulin at all. Due to the fact that people usually develop it before the age of forty, it often referred to as either juvenile diabetes or early-onset diabetes. People hardly talk about this type of diabetes because it is not half as prevalent as type 2 diabetes. However, it is also dangerous. Patients of type 1 diabetes have to take insulin injection that will enhance absorption of sugar for the rest of their lives. This will in turn regulate the blood sugar level. They also have to follow a special diet as prescribed by their physician.
Type 2 Diabetes
For this type of diabetes, it is either the body secretes inadequate insulin or the cells in the body do not react to insulin. They are insulin resistance. This is the most prevalent type of diabetes. In fact, 9 out of every 10 cases of diabetes are type 2 diabetes.
To control this type of diabetes, you need to constantly monitor your blood sugar level, embark on a serious weight loss program, change your diet and do plenty of exercises. But since these measures only control it, they don't cure it. It gradually gets worse as the cells of the body begin to grow old and weak and the immune system also becomes weaker with age.
The patient will eventually have to take insulin in form of tablets. The more obese you are, the higher your chances of developing type 2 diabetes. This is majorly because obesity makes the body secrete certain chemicals that weaken both metabolic and cardiovascular systems of the body.
Being obese is not the only factor that promotes type 2 diabetes. Not putting your body through regular physical activities can also put you on a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Eating the wrong food plays a major role too. You should watch what you eat.
Gestational Diabetes
This type of diabetes is the one that is common among pregnant women. Patients have a very high level of blood glucose and their body cannot produce enough insulin to utilize all the sugar. If this diabetes is not curbed or controlled, it can lead to complications during childbirth. It can make the baby bigger than normal and this can lead to caesarian section.
Once this diabetes is diagnosed, patients need to be put on blood-sugar controlling medications. Results of a recent research indicate that eating a lot of animal fat and cholesterol puts you on a high risk of developing this type of diabetes. Needless to say if you still plan to have babies, you should limit the amount of cholesterol and animal fat you consume.
To check whether you have diabetes or not, you need to go for any of the following three most reliable diabetes tests
The A1C test
If the result of this test is 6.5% or above, it means you already have diabetes. But if it is between 5.7% and 5.99%, it means you are already in prediabetes stage. This means that your blood glocuse level is already higher than normal but not high enough to be confirmed as diabetes. And if you are lucky enough to get less than 5.77%, this means that you are normal.
The Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG) test
A result of above 126 mg/dl indicates full blown diabetes. But if your result is between 100 mg/dl and 125.99 mg/dl, you are already in the prediabetes stage. Suffice to say a less than 100mg/dl result means you are very okay.
The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT)
When your result is less than 140 mg/dl, you are normal. If the result is between 140 and 199.9 mg/dl, you are in your prediabetes phase and if it is 200 mg/dl or above, you already have diabetes.
However, each of the three tests could give you an abnormal result. This indicates that the patient being tested has impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).
To control diabetes, you to change your diet to a low-sugar or no-sugar diet, engage in regular rigorous exercise, and proper weight loss program and most importantly, regular intake of insulin either as injection or as a supplement.
A badly controlled diabetes and an uncontrolled one can lead to some of the following medical conditions.
• Several eye diseases like cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy... etc
• Foot/leg problems like neuropathy and on rare cases, it could lead to gangrene which requires a quick amputation of the leg.
• The skin is not also spared. Diabetes renders the skin vulnerable to a lot of skin infections
• Different heart diseases that could hinder proper blood circulation to the heart and from the heart.
• Hypertension can also be caused by badly managed diabetes
• Depression
• Hearing problems
• Neuropathy
• Kidney diseases
• Disease of the veins and arteries
• Stroke
• Erectile dysfunction in men or complete impotence
• Hemophilia
• Even wounds will take more time to heal up.
In conclusion, the biggest and saddest problem with diabetes is that it quickens death!!!
It is unfortunate that sometimes patient ask for quick death when the pains become unbearable. In reality, how would someone suffer some of the medical conditions above and not ask for death? Since diabetes lacks cure, it is often better to prevent it by eating right and putting your body through daily rigorous activities now.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/9390923
Diabetes and Depression: Can Hypnosis Help?
Discussed in this article:
1) The Quiet Crisis Within Diabetes.
2) A Hidden Danger of Diabetes.
3) Are Physicians Aware Of This Danger?
4) Does Depression Cause Diabetes?
5) The Formation of Depression Post-Hypnotic Suggestions.
6) Summary
5) Next Issue Highlights.
The Quiet Crisis Within Diabetes
Depression is a 'quiet crisis' facing diabetics, their families and their health care providers. Financially and emotionally this crisis is exacting a terrible cost.
The purpose of this and following articles is to share important information about depression and how a hypnotist can responsibly and effectively help a diabetic with depression. This assistance will help to improve a diabetic's life by (a) reducing the suffering from this painful state of mind and being and (b) thus enhance their diabetes management skills which will therefore result in a state of enhanced health.
Bear in mind the importance of your contribution as a hypnotist. You can make an incredible difference because even a small reduction in a diabetic's long term blood sugar levels can result in a marked decrease in the likelihood of diabetic complications.
A Hidden Danger of Diabetes
A largely unknown hence, hidden danger of diabetes is that diabetics have twice the risk of non-diabetics for becoming depressed. Dr. Richard Surwit of Duke University states that: "Diabetes more than doubles the odds of suffering from depression at some point. One third of people with diabetes have been diagnosed with significant depression and 11 percent with major depression--twice the rate in the non-diabetic population (1)."
What is obvious and yet, not really obvious about the preceding statement is that being diagnosed with a major disease is traumatic. This, in and of itself, can lead to depression--never mind all the other contributing factors that are related to diabetes and depression.
For example, a contributing factor to depression in a diabetic can be their physiological state. As noted by Dr. Surwit, there is research indicating that high blood sugars cause biochemical changes in the brain that can lead to depression. (2)
Are Physician's Aware Of This Danger?
Physicians by and large, are extremely busy and the demands on them are greater than most can imagine. It is no wonder that many of them are simply not aware that their diabetic clients are two times more likely to suffer from depression. If they knew this, they would probably be more likely to refer their diabetic clients with poor blood sugar control to someone who could help.
When appropriate, a hypnotist can help in key ways because a hypnotist is trained to be a motivational coach and stress management consultant. One way a trained hypnotist can help a depressed person with diabetes will be explained later in this article. But first, let's look at an important question.
Does Depression Cause Diabetes?
This is an important question for many reasons. Probably one of the more compelling reasons to deeply consider this idea is because, if true to some degree, then it begs this question: Wouldn't the validity of this concept make the majority of treatment efforts inappropriate and/or ineffective to some degree? Consider the plight of many frustrated nurses and doctors who will attest that no matter what they do for their patients, nothing seems to work.
This statement is not meant to denigrate in any way the efforts of so many. It is meant to highlight the importance of timely consideration of the depression-diabetes connection before the cost for all concerned becomes not only debilitating, but also tragically unnecessary.
Consider this: Evidence, that will be discussed shortly, shows there is a strong connection between depression and diabetes. This is important because, unless diabetes treatment programs are sculpted to target a largely unaddressed cause and exacerbating feature of diabetes, many of those at risk will only become worse. Those at risk include person's with pre-diabetes as well as those with diabetes.
This pragmatic approach also prompts one to think about the idea that perhaps with re-targeted treatment methods, many of those with diabetes may actually experience a remission of symptoms. And, dwell on the idea of how many may be able to avoid developing diabetes.
Bear with me a moment while I explain. Untreated depression in those with diabetes is a personal tragedy for all family members but most especially children. I state this because children have no coping skills to handle the emotional burden of a depressed and diabetic parent.
Imagine being a child helplessly watching your mother (as in my case) being slowly, inexorably, taken apart emotionally and physically by the deadly combination of poorly controlled diabetes and untreated depression.
It is because of this searing pain that I am driven to reach whomever I can with my Diabetes Motivational Coaching TM training so that perhaps some little boy somewhere doesn't have to watch his mother go blind emotionally and physically.
I realize this may sound disingenuous or dramatic to some and I understand but I make no apologies because it is true. In fact, my feelings go far deeper than what I have communicated here. You see, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and now that hypnosis has helped me to put my life on a previously undreamed of healthy course, my motivation is intensified because I think so many times: "What if my mother had been able to have access to these methods? How much better would her life be now?"
Now, to tie all this in to my point that perhaps an innovative approach can actually prevent diabetes: The challenge with current diabetic treatments is that no amount of chemical management (including anti-depressants as well as insulin, etc.) will ever ameliorate this significant cause of diabetes. (Depression) This is because these treatments do not address the root of the problem. Furthermore, no amount of medication given to one individual will ever prevent another from developing diabetes.
The last point seems odd until you consider a landmark Swedish study (3) in which it was discovered that there is a disturbingly high correlation between traumatic childhood life events (4) and diabetes-related auto-immune activity. This study involved 17,000 children born between 1997 and 1999. One of many conclusions in this study is that: "Experiences of serious life events (e.g., parental separation, serious illness, or death in the family) has been suggested to trigger type 1 diabetes(5) or the auto-immune process behind the disease.(6)"
An additional interesting point to take away from the preceding considerations is that current treatment programs treat one person. Limited efficacy and high cost. However, if a patient were to receive Diabetes Motivational Coaching TM then more than one person can receive the positive benefits because a healthier, non-depressed diabetic parent is less likely to have a precipitating influence on their child. Two for the price of one. A win-win situation from so many angles. Obviously more study is required but the premise is intriguing and the evidence it is based on is reasonably sound.
Another win-win benefit of appropriate, innovative treatment is that the exacerbating (and ultimately very costly) effects of depression on those with diabetes can likely be reduced or eliminated.
So, what can a properly trained hypnotist do? One key way a properly trained hypnotist can help is to reduce or eliminate depression in an individual (diabetic or not) by helping them to eliminate depression activating post-hypnotic suggestions.
The Formation of Depression Activating Post-Hypnotic Suggestions
A post-hypnotic response is a cause-effect belief program that powerfully dictates behavior. Another way to look at this is that when a specific stimulus becomes uniquely associated with a strong internal state, you have a post-hypnotic suggestion and effect. (stimulus/response)
For example, the physical lethargy and mental apathy that accompanies very high (or low) blood sugars can be a contributing factor to inappropriate cause-effect belief formation. To illustrate, let me share with this case: Shortly before I was diagnosed with diabetes, my cognitive functions were significantly reduced and my affect was severely depressed.
In layman's terms this means I felt like garbage due primarily to out of control blood sugar levels that were causing me to lose my vision as well as feel awful. (What is interesting to note is that diabetes and its attendant emotional/physical affects can go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for years.)
Now, when a person has a strong emotional feeling, that affect state can then become associated with whatever situation and/or thoughts they are currently experiencing. I.E., uncontrolled diabetic consequences coupling with a relationship break-up, a job loss or any other stressful situation. These are common events but note that even a small, insignificant incident can also be implicated. This confluence of events is called an I.S.E. or Initial Sensitizing Event. (Please note that, as in the case of many phobias, some initial sensitizing events can have a profound post-hypnotic impact after only one learning event.)
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/71046
1) The Quiet Crisis Within Diabetes.
2) A Hidden Danger of Diabetes.
3) Are Physicians Aware Of This Danger?
4) Does Depression Cause Diabetes?
5) The Formation of Depression Post-Hypnotic Suggestions.
6) Summary
5) Next Issue Highlights.
The Quiet Crisis Within Diabetes
Depression is a 'quiet crisis' facing diabetics, their families and their health care providers. Financially and emotionally this crisis is exacting a terrible cost.
The purpose of this and following articles is to share important information about depression and how a hypnotist can responsibly and effectively help a diabetic with depression. This assistance will help to improve a diabetic's life by (a) reducing the suffering from this painful state of mind and being and (b) thus enhance their diabetes management skills which will therefore result in a state of enhanced health.
Bear in mind the importance of your contribution as a hypnotist. You can make an incredible difference because even a small reduction in a diabetic's long term blood sugar levels can result in a marked decrease in the likelihood of diabetic complications.
A Hidden Danger of Diabetes
A largely unknown hence, hidden danger of diabetes is that diabetics have twice the risk of non-diabetics for becoming depressed. Dr. Richard Surwit of Duke University states that: "Diabetes more than doubles the odds of suffering from depression at some point. One third of people with diabetes have been diagnosed with significant depression and 11 percent with major depression--twice the rate in the non-diabetic population (1)."
What is obvious and yet, not really obvious about the preceding statement is that being diagnosed with a major disease is traumatic. This, in and of itself, can lead to depression--never mind all the other contributing factors that are related to diabetes and depression.
For example, a contributing factor to depression in a diabetic can be their physiological state. As noted by Dr. Surwit, there is research indicating that high blood sugars cause biochemical changes in the brain that can lead to depression. (2)
Are Physician's Aware Of This Danger?
Physicians by and large, are extremely busy and the demands on them are greater than most can imagine. It is no wonder that many of them are simply not aware that their diabetic clients are two times more likely to suffer from depression. If they knew this, they would probably be more likely to refer their diabetic clients with poor blood sugar control to someone who could help.
When appropriate, a hypnotist can help in key ways because a hypnotist is trained to be a motivational coach and stress management consultant. One way a trained hypnotist can help a depressed person with diabetes will be explained later in this article. But first, let's look at an important question.
Does Depression Cause Diabetes?
This is an important question for many reasons. Probably one of the more compelling reasons to deeply consider this idea is because, if true to some degree, then it begs this question: Wouldn't the validity of this concept make the majority of treatment efforts inappropriate and/or ineffective to some degree? Consider the plight of many frustrated nurses and doctors who will attest that no matter what they do for their patients, nothing seems to work.
This statement is not meant to denigrate in any way the efforts of so many. It is meant to highlight the importance of timely consideration of the depression-diabetes connection before the cost for all concerned becomes not only debilitating, but also tragically unnecessary.
Consider this: Evidence, that will be discussed shortly, shows there is a strong connection between depression and diabetes. This is important because, unless diabetes treatment programs are sculpted to target a largely unaddressed cause and exacerbating feature of diabetes, many of those at risk will only become worse. Those at risk include person's with pre-diabetes as well as those with diabetes.
This pragmatic approach also prompts one to think about the idea that perhaps with re-targeted treatment methods, many of those with diabetes may actually experience a remission of symptoms. And, dwell on the idea of how many may be able to avoid developing diabetes.
Bear with me a moment while I explain. Untreated depression in those with diabetes is a personal tragedy for all family members but most especially children. I state this because children have no coping skills to handle the emotional burden of a depressed and diabetic parent.
Imagine being a child helplessly watching your mother (as in my case) being slowly, inexorably, taken apart emotionally and physically by the deadly combination of poorly controlled diabetes and untreated depression.
It is because of this searing pain that I am driven to reach whomever I can with my Diabetes Motivational Coaching TM training so that perhaps some little boy somewhere doesn't have to watch his mother go blind emotionally and physically.
I realize this may sound disingenuous or dramatic to some and I understand but I make no apologies because it is true. In fact, my feelings go far deeper than what I have communicated here. You see, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and now that hypnosis has helped me to put my life on a previously undreamed of healthy course, my motivation is intensified because I think so many times: "What if my mother had been able to have access to these methods? How much better would her life be now?"
Now, to tie all this in to my point that perhaps an innovative approach can actually prevent diabetes: The challenge with current diabetic treatments is that no amount of chemical management (including anti-depressants as well as insulin, etc.) will ever ameliorate this significant cause of diabetes. (Depression) This is because these treatments do not address the root of the problem. Furthermore, no amount of medication given to one individual will ever prevent another from developing diabetes.
The last point seems odd until you consider a landmark Swedish study (3) in which it was discovered that there is a disturbingly high correlation between traumatic childhood life events (4) and diabetes-related auto-immune activity. This study involved 17,000 children born between 1997 and 1999. One of many conclusions in this study is that: "Experiences of serious life events (e.g., parental separation, serious illness, or death in the family) has been suggested to trigger type 1 diabetes(5) or the auto-immune process behind the disease.(6)"
An additional interesting point to take away from the preceding considerations is that current treatment programs treat one person. Limited efficacy and high cost. However, if a patient were to receive Diabetes Motivational Coaching TM then more than one person can receive the positive benefits because a healthier, non-depressed diabetic parent is less likely to have a precipitating influence on their child. Two for the price of one. A win-win situation from so many angles. Obviously more study is required but the premise is intriguing and the evidence it is based on is reasonably sound.
Another win-win benefit of appropriate, innovative treatment is that the exacerbating (and ultimately very costly) effects of depression on those with diabetes can likely be reduced or eliminated.
So, what can a properly trained hypnotist do? One key way a properly trained hypnotist can help is to reduce or eliminate depression in an individual (diabetic or not) by helping them to eliminate depression activating post-hypnotic suggestions.
The Formation of Depression Activating Post-Hypnotic Suggestions
A post-hypnotic response is a cause-effect belief program that powerfully dictates behavior. Another way to look at this is that when a specific stimulus becomes uniquely associated with a strong internal state, you have a post-hypnotic suggestion and effect. (stimulus/response)
For example, the physical lethargy and mental apathy that accompanies very high (or low) blood sugars can be a contributing factor to inappropriate cause-effect belief formation. To illustrate, let me share with this case: Shortly before I was diagnosed with diabetes, my cognitive functions were significantly reduced and my affect was severely depressed.
In layman's terms this means I felt like garbage due primarily to out of control blood sugar levels that were causing me to lose my vision as well as feel awful. (What is interesting to note is that diabetes and its attendant emotional/physical affects can go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for years.)
Now, when a person has a strong emotional feeling, that affect state can then become associated with whatever situation and/or thoughts they are currently experiencing. I.E., uncontrolled diabetic consequences coupling with a relationship break-up, a job loss or any other stressful situation. These are common events but note that even a small, insignificant incident can also be implicated. This confluence of events is called an I.S.E. or Initial Sensitizing Event. (Please note that, as in the case of many phobias, some initial sensitizing events can have a profound post-hypnotic impact after only one learning event.)
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/71046
Kamis, 14 September 2017
What You Need to Know About Pre-Diabetes
An examination displayed in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (April, 2010) expressed that half of Americans determined to have pre diabetes icd9 don't roll out improvements, for example, bringing down body mass and working out, to help evade out and out diabetes at a later date.
Did you know almost 30% of all grown-ups in the U.S. have pre-diabetes? Over 90% of these 57 million grown-ups aren't even mindful they have this condition.
Here are some pre-diabetes realities and suggestions to bring down your hazard, or the danger of friends and family, of creating diabetes:
Pre-diabetes is where the glucose levels are above ordinary however not sufficiently high to be analyzed as diabetes. Here are the glucose numbers you should know:
Typical range: 60-99
Pre-diabetes:100-125
Diabetes: 126+ on two separate blood tests.
This condition can likewise be determined to have a two-hour glucose resistance test with the typical being up to 139 and a pre-diabetes, or weakened glucose resilience, level of 140-199. A more up to date test that can be utilized to show this condition is the A1C, or three-month normal. The pre-diabetes A1C number would be 5.8%-6-4%. Diabetes is analyzed at 6.5%.
As indicated by the American Diabetes Association, an incredible number of individuals with this condition wind up plainly diabetic inside 10 years after the underlying pre-diabetes analysis.
Who is at most serious hazard for pre-diabetes or diabetes?
Individuals with a family history of diabetes
Individuals whose ethnicity is African-American, Hispanic, Asian American, Pacific Island Descent, or Eastern European (Jewish)
Individuals more than 40 years old
Individuals who are overweight, or have rest apnea, inactive way of life, polycystic ovarian disorder, gestational diabetes, or high triglycerides
In 2001, the National Institutes of Health finished the Diabetes Prevention Program and found that way of life changes decreased the danger of getting to be plainly diabetic regardless of the possibility that you have this condition.
How might you see whether you or somebody you know has pre-diabetes? Take a blood glucose test. You can do this at home with the ChoiceDM Diabetes Risk In-Home Test Kit. ChoiceDM is a simple to-utilize, cautious 3-minute test that is FDA affirmed. Customized consequences of your 90-day blood glucose normal will be sent to you in 7-10 days. Your specialist can likewise regulate the proper diabetes screening tests. Simply complete it!
Dissimilar to diabetes, this condition may not show any side effects like thirst, hunger, weakness, dry skin, visit diseases, hazy vision or sexual issues. Just half of individuals with diabetes have side effects and individuals with pre-diabetes have even less indications.
Exercise is prescribed to decrease your pre-diabetes hazard and other wellbeing concerns. Oxygen consuming action, for example, strolling, riding a bike, or swimming for 150 minutes every week (separated into 30 minute sessions) is an incredible place to begin. Exercise brings down insulin resistance which is an antecedent to diabetes and pre-diabetes.
Great dietary patterns are fundamental to bringing down your danger of creating pre-diabetes. Decrease your aggregate starches - particularly carbs with a high glycemic record, for example, natural product juice, consistent pop, white bread and white rice. Watch your part sizes by utilizing the 9-inch plate technique:
½ plate of products of the soil
¼ plate of lean meat or protein
¼ plate of grains or starches, for example, rice or pasta
Decrease your body mass 5-10%. This decreases insulin resistance which lessens your possibility of creating diabetes.
Quit smoking.
Control your pulse and approach your specialist for a blood lipid profile. This will help comprehend the condition of your cardiovascular wellbeing. Individuals with pre-diabetes have 1.5 times the danger of creating cardiovascular illness, and individuals with diabetes have 2-4 times the danger of creating coronary illness and stroke as indicated by the American Diabetes Association.
Pre-diabetes is a notice sign. Take control sooner than later, or you might be tending to diabetes in your future.
NOTE: Consult your specialist initially to ensure my suggestions fit your unique wellbeing needs.
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Did you know almost 30% of all grown-ups in the U.S. have pre-diabetes? Over 90% of these 57 million grown-ups aren't even mindful they have this condition.
Here are some pre-diabetes realities and suggestions to bring down your hazard, or the danger of friends and family, of creating diabetes:
Pre-diabetes is where the glucose levels are above ordinary however not sufficiently high to be analyzed as diabetes. Here are the glucose numbers you should know:
Typical range: 60-99
Pre-diabetes:100-125
Diabetes: 126+ on two separate blood tests.
This condition can likewise be determined to have a two-hour glucose resistance test with the typical being up to 139 and a pre-diabetes, or weakened glucose resilience, level of 140-199. A more up to date test that can be utilized to show this condition is the A1C, or three-month normal. The pre-diabetes A1C number would be 5.8%-6-4%. Diabetes is analyzed at 6.5%.
As indicated by the American Diabetes Association, an incredible number of individuals with this condition wind up plainly diabetic inside 10 years after the underlying pre-diabetes analysis.
Who is at most serious hazard for pre-diabetes or diabetes?
Individuals with a family history of diabetes
Individuals whose ethnicity is African-American, Hispanic, Asian American, Pacific Island Descent, or Eastern European (Jewish)
Individuals more than 40 years old
Individuals who are overweight, or have rest apnea, inactive way of life, polycystic ovarian disorder, gestational diabetes, or high triglycerides
In 2001, the National Institutes of Health finished the Diabetes Prevention Program and found that way of life changes decreased the danger of getting to be plainly diabetic regardless of the possibility that you have this condition.
How might you see whether you or somebody you know has pre-diabetes? Take a blood glucose test. You can do this at home with the ChoiceDM Diabetes Risk In-Home Test Kit. ChoiceDM is a simple to-utilize, cautious 3-minute test that is FDA affirmed. Customized consequences of your 90-day blood glucose normal will be sent to you in 7-10 days. Your specialist can likewise regulate the proper diabetes screening tests. Simply complete it!
Dissimilar to diabetes, this condition may not show any side effects like thirst, hunger, weakness, dry skin, visit diseases, hazy vision or sexual issues. Just half of individuals with diabetes have side effects and individuals with pre-diabetes have even less indications.
Exercise is prescribed to decrease your pre-diabetes hazard and other wellbeing concerns. Oxygen consuming action, for example, strolling, riding a bike, or swimming for 150 minutes every week (separated into 30 minute sessions) is an incredible place to begin. Exercise brings down insulin resistance which is an antecedent to diabetes and pre-diabetes.
Great dietary patterns are fundamental to bringing down your danger of creating pre-diabetes. Decrease your aggregate starches - particularly carbs with a high glycemic record, for example, natural product juice, consistent pop, white bread and white rice. Watch your part sizes by utilizing the 9-inch plate technique:
½ plate of products of the soil
¼ plate of lean meat or protein
¼ plate of grains or starches, for example, rice or pasta
Decrease your body mass 5-10%. This decreases insulin resistance which lessens your possibility of creating diabetes.
Quit smoking.
Control your pulse and approach your specialist for a blood lipid profile. This will help comprehend the condition of your cardiovascular wellbeing. Individuals with pre-diabetes have 1.5 times the danger of creating cardiovascular illness, and individuals with diabetes have 2-4 times the danger of creating coronary illness and stroke as indicated by the American Diabetes Association.
Pre-diabetes is a notice sign. Take control sooner than later, or you might be tending to diabetes in your future.
NOTE: Consult your specialist initially to ensure my suggestions fit your unique wellbeing needs.
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Facts And Treatments Regarding Diabetes
Diabetes is considered a serious affection due to its permanent existence, procedures and moreover the complications that involves. Even though many people all over the world suffer from diabetes, the specialists haven t discovered yet the real source of its occurrence. It is very important to mention that people who suffer from diabetes should ask for medical help as soon as they notice changes in their body and unusual symptoms.
First of all, diabetes occurs when the beta cells in the pancreas which produce insulin are totally destroyed. As we know the food that we eat turns into glucose or sugar helping our body to use for energy. Once there aren' t beta cells to produce insulin in order to transfer the glucose in the cells, the sugar remains in the blood and because the body cannot use sugar, it is spilled over into the urine and lost. Much more, diabetes can lead to severe health complications, such as heart disease, kidney failure, blindness, lower-extremity amputations and in many cases even death.
Secondly, people who notice certain symptoms which indicate the presence of diabetes should see a physician in order to receive a proper diagnosis. Some of the most common symptoms which indicate the presence of diabetes are: excessive hunger and thirst, frequent urination, dramatic weight loss, lack of energy, dry skin, wounds that heal very hard and even nausea and stomach pains, symptoms which usually occur in type 1 diabetes.
In addition to this, there are two types of diabetes which are quoted from the National Diabetes Fact Sheet: National estimates and general information on diabetes in the United States (Centers for Disease Control an Prevention. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, 1997). Much more, type 1 diabetes tends to be more serious than type 2 diabetes and usually occurs during the childhood.
Type 1 diabetes also called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or Juvenile-Onset diabetes, is a common disease in children and may account for 5% to 10% of all diagnosed cases of diabetes. The factors which cause type 1 diabetes aren t entirely known but it has been considered that genetic predisposition and environmental factors, such as viral infections might have an important influence. On the other hand, type 2 diabetes also known as non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or adult-onset diabetes. This type of diabetes may appear due to certain factors, such as older age, obesity, impaired glucose tolerance, family history of diabetes, physical inactivity, prior history of gestational diabetes and other factors. It has been considered that certain races and ethnicities, such as African Americans, American Indians, Latino Americans are more exposed to get type 2 diabetes than other people.
Gestional diabetes seem to occur in 2% to 5% of all pregnancies but the good thing is that usually disappears when the woman gives birth. Even though a woman who had suffered of gestional diabetes and healed when the pregnancy was over, might develop type 2 diabetes in the future.
Furthermore, there are other types of diabetes which may account for 1% to 2% of all known cases of diabetes and they occur from genetic syndromes, surgeries, drugs, malnutrition, infections and many other affections.
Medical treatments for diabetes are vital for the body and include important changes in the lifestyle. Diabetes treatments tend to advance in a short time and their role is to maintain blood glucose near normal levels at all times. For instance, type 1 diabetes, the most severe type requires a wide range of procedures. People who suffer from this type of diabetes need a special treatment which include: administration of insulin injections, home blood glucose testing several times a day, a certain, calculated diet and also planned physical exercises. Even though, type 2 diabetes is not so serious like type 1, it also requires a strict treatment which consists in special diets, physical activities, home blood glucose testing, oral medication and 40% of the cases require insulin injections.
The causes of type 1 diabetes are not entirely identified, it is believed that it occurs to genetics predisposition or certain viruses which destroy the beta cells in the pancreas. Some important factors which may develop type 2 diabetes are lack of activity and overweight.
In order to take care of the people who suffer from diabetes, the diabetes community offers, pursued by the US Departament of Health and Human Services offer three options: prevent diabetes, cure diabetes and moreover taking better care of people with diabetes to prevent dramatic complications. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is involved in the research of curing type 1 and type 2 diabetes. On the other hand, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention focuses through their programmes on being sure that the proven science is put into daily practice for people with diabetes.
All in all, even though diabetes tends to be an incurable illness, the science try to discover and consequently to utilize in practice several methods to cure diabetes, such as pancreas transplantation, artificial pancreas development, islet cell transplantation and genetic manipulation. However, until these approaches become reality they need to pass through a serie of investigations like preventing immune rejection, finding an adequate number of insulin cells, keeping cells alive and many others
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