Diabetes is one of the most
prevalent diseases today. It defies age, gender, and race. In other
words, everyone is susceptible to this condition; no one is exempted unless one
has performed his own precautionary measures to acquiring the condition.
Diabetes disease is
characterized by too much sugar content in our blood and it affects other
systems in the body. Very often, it contributes and develops into complications
with other types of diseases.
How do you get diabetes?
Our body needs sugar for
energy. To do so, the body produces a hormone called insulin to help
sugar or glucose penetrate the cells. However, there are cases when the
body stops producing insulin or produce it inadequately so the blood cannot
perform well to make sugar penetrate into the cells, thus, you are diagnosed
with diabetes. Diabetes is a condition which can be acquired genetically or
through lifestyle and abuse. You do not get these quickly but rather the
body will show signs and symptoms of diabetes which is known as
pre-diabetes.
Pre-diabetes
This condition means that
the ability of the body to produce insulin is already affected. The cells
are now resistant to carry sugar throughout the whole body system, thus, there
is an abnormal level of sugar in the blood. This is the term used when a
person’s sugar level is elevated but the condition cannot be determined whether
it is a type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetic shows the following symptoms:
more frequent thirsting, thus, drinking a lot, urinating very often,
unintentional weight loss, and hunger pangs and tiredness. On the other hand,
type 2 diabetes has the following characteristics: not responding well to
insulin, needing more than necessary shots of insulin and unnecessary excretion
of sugar.
When you have pre-diabetes
condition, there are ways you can follow to delay full blown development of
diabetes.
- Diet plays an important role in
sustaining pre-diabetes condition. Since the level of sugar is
monitored, one should minimize the intake of food and drinks that contain
high level of sugar or carbohydrates.
- Being sedentary is another reason
why people have diabetes symptoms. You need to achieve an ideal
weight in order for the body to react well with insulin hormone.
- While medication and insulin
supplementation is prevalent in type 2 diabetes, there are prescriptions
that your doctor may suggest to manage other functions that affect
production of sugar in the body.
Diabetes is a killer
disease but it is manageable. Those who are experiencing pre-diabetes
condition should do their own share in terms of health management so that the
condition will not elevate to full blown diabetes quickly. Diabetes adds
more health complications to your body, thus, there is a need to manage it
positively.
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