WHAT IS DIABETES?

 

                                                          What is diabetes?

Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Blood glucose is your main source of energy and comes from the food you eat. Insulin, and hormone made by the pancreas, helps glucose from food get into your cells to be used for energy. Sometimes your body doesn’t make enough—or any—insulin or doesn’t use insulin well. Glucose then stays in your blood and doesn’t reach your cells.

Over time, having too much glucose in your blood can cause although diabetes has no cure, you can take steps to and stay healthy.

There are 2 types of diabetes?

Type 1 diabetes

If you have type 1 diabetes your body does not make insulin. Your immune system attacks and destroys the cells in your pancreas that make insulin. Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults, although it can appear at any age. People with type 1 diabetes need to take insulin every day to stay alive.

Type 2 diabetes

If you have type 2 diabetes, your body does not make or use insulin well. You can develop type 2 diabetes at any age, even during childhood. However, this type of diabetes occurs most often in middle-aged and older people. Type 2 is the most common type of diabetes.

There are some major symptoms of diabetes

·         Increased thirst.

·         Frequent urination.

·         Extreme hunger.

·         Unexplained weight loss.

·         Presence of ketones in the urine (ketones are a byproduct of the breakdown of muscle and fat that happens when there's not enough available insulin)

·         Fatigue.

·         Irritability.

·         Blurred vision.

How is diabetes diagnosed?

There are several ways to diagnose diabetes, and each way usually needs to be repeated on a second day to be sure you have it. Testing should be carried out in a health care setting (such as your doctor’s office or a lab).

If your doctor determines that your blood glucose level (also called blood sugar) is very high, or if you have classic symptoms of high blood glucose in addition to one positive test, your doctor may not require a second test.

Diabetes can be effectively managed when caught early. However, when left untreated, it can lead to potential complications that include heart disease, stroke, kidney damage, and nerve damage. Normally after you eat or drink, your body will break down sugars from your food and use them for energy in your cells. Never struggle with food or blood sugar spikes again.
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