Diabetes

What is diabetes?

It is a long-lasting condition of health that can affect your body and change food into energy.

 

What are the types of diabetes:

Diabetes mellitus is known as the type of diabetes. It is a metabolic disease that causes high blood sugar. This disease affects your body with it your body doesn’t prepare insulin. If you do not take treatment for this disease it can affect your nerves, eyes, kidneys, and other organs.

There are a few other types of diabetes:

Types 1:

It is an autoimmune disease. In this type, the immune system destroys cells present in the pancreas, where insulin is prepared. It is unclear what causes this attack. There are about 10% of people who have this type.

Type 2:

It occurs when the body is resistant to insulin, and sugar made up in your blood.

What is Prediabetes:

This type occurs when your blood sugar increases more than normal.

What is Gestational diabetes:

It occurs during pregnancy. It blocks the hormones which are produced by the placenta causing this type of disease.

 

What are the Symptoms of diabetes:

• Increased hunger
• Increased thirst
• Weight loss
• Frequent urination
• Blurry vision
• Extreme fatigue
• Sores that don’t heal

What are the Symptoms of diabetes that occur in men:

• Decreased sex drive
• Erectile dysfunction(ED)
• Poor muscle strength

 

What are the Symptoms of diabetes that occur in women:

• Urinary tract infections
• Yeast infections
• Dry skin
• Itching skin

What are the Symptoms of type 1 diabetes:

• Extreme hunger
• Increased thirst
• Unintentional weight loss
• Blurry vision
• Tiredness
• Frequent urination
• It also causes mood changes

 

What are the Symptoms of type 2 diabetes

• Increased hunger
• Increased thirst
• Increased urination
• Blurry vision
• Tiredness
• Sores that are slow to heal
• Recurring infections

 

What are the first signs of having diabetes:

• Hunger and fatigue
• Peeing more
• Being thirstier
• Dry mouth
• Itchy skin
• Blurred vision
• The main cause of diabetes:

Obesity and inactive lifestyles are the two common causes of type 2 disease. These causes are responsible for diabetes about 90 to 95% in the U.S.

 

What are the Complications that are included in diabetes:

• Coronary artery disease
• Chest pain
• Heart attack
• Stroke
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Narrowing of arteries
• Nerve damage
• Numbing and tingling which cause toes or fingers then spread
• Kidney damaging
• Kidney failure
• Foot damage
• Poor blood flow
• Poor healing of cuts
• Skin infections
• Erectile dysfunction
• Hearing loss
• Depression
• Dementia
• Dental problems

 
What are the Treatments for diabetes:

Manage your blood glucose level to normal. You should need to follow a diet plan. You also need to take medical care and need to increase your stamina of body. It is important to maintain blood cholesterol levels. Needs to control your blood pressure. You need to prepare a diet plan which includes vegetables, whole grains, beans, fruits, healthy fats, and low sugar. These diets are high in nutrition and have low fats. Try to do exercise for at least minutes such as walk, swimming or other activities which are enjoyable for you. If you are overweight then you need to loss-weight. You need to take proper medication. If you smoke then you quit smoking.

What are the symptoms to appear when your glucose level is low?

• Weakness or shaking.
• Moist skin or sweating.
• Fast heartbeat.
• Dizziness.
• Sudden hunger.
• Confusion.
• Pale skin.
• Numbness in mouth or tongue.
• Nervousness, irritability.
• Unsteadiness.
• Nightmare, bad dreams, restless sleep.
• Blurred vision.
• Headaches or seizures.

 

What symptoms appear if your blood glucose level is high?

Blood glucose level increases higher than 125mg/dL in a fasting condition. Blood glucose levels increase about 180 mg/dL after eating for 1 to 2 hours.

What are the Medicines used for diabetes:

• Sulfonylureas
• Glinides (also called meglitinides
• Biguanides
• Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors
• Thiazolidinediones
• GLP-1 analogs
• DPP-4 inhibitors
• SGLT2 inhibitors
• Bile acid sequestrants
• Dopamine agonist