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Beginning signs of diabetes
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Always Ready for Diabetes 'knock knock'
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Too busy of your work that you don't have time for
cooking your own meal? Three meals at instant restaurant? No time
for exercise, or maybe too lazy for one? Too much pressure and tight
schedule? No time for fun and family? No time for yourself? Then be
ready for some 'knock knock' at your door. Who will that be? Diabetes
is ready to greet you 'Hello' if you open the door. But will you open
the door if you know your guest is Diabetes? Of course you won't.
It's an inconvenient life to live with diabetes. But how can you know
that it is diabetes who visits you?
Nobody is resistant to diabetes. Although most of the diabetic patients
aged over 50, but overweight youths and adults also suffer from diabetes.
According to a report, 10% of the United States citizens have type
1 diabetes and 90% have type 2 diabetes.
Why are people so fragile to diabetes? The answer is because they
are too ignorant. Unhealthy and distressful lifestyle always leads
to diabetes. Having this kind of lifestyle doesn't mean you have diabetes,
it is just a chance for you to have diabetes. But if you experience
the beginning signs of diabetes, then some damages have already happened
in your body.
There are two kinds of diabetes, type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Type
1 diabetes is the early stage of diabetes in which the body metabolism
system is abnormal and the pancreas isn't producing insulin at normal
level (not sufficient to take care of blood sugar amount in the bloodstream).
Type 2 diabetes is worse than type 1, in which insulin resistant (the
body cannot produce anymore insulin) is found in the patients.
Diabetes can lead to many complications, such as heart diseases, hypertension,
high cholesterol level, kidney failure, impotence, nerve disorders,
blindness, etc. and finally death. Therefore, it is always better
to prevent than to cure. The best way to prevent diabetes is to watch
out your lifestyle and do a routine blood check (once or twice a year).
Learn the eight beginning signs of diabetes
As other diseases, diabetes also has some beginning signs. But the beginning signs of diabetes are always considered as normal phenomenon, not something to be aware of, because they are mostly 'felt' symptoms.Before we go on, you should know that the blood sugar in the bloodstream is the source of energy for body to do its daily activities, and insulin is functioning to transform the available blood sugar (glucose) into energy. The deficit of insulin (diabetes) will certainly affect the body activities.
Eight beginning signs of diabetes are :
1. Extreme thirst and hunger
It happens because less and less energy is provided for the body to do its daily activities, and the body transmits this signal as hunger. But the main problem is at the reducing insulin hormone which makes the body cannot transform all the available blood glucose into energy.
2. Extreme fatigue
Insufficient provided energy also makes the body get tired so easily.
3. Frequent urination
When the blood sugar level increases, it also causes extra blood flow through kidneys. That's why untreated diabetes can lead to kidney failure.
4. Blurred vision
Some swellings are happening to eyes' lens, and this condition can lead to blindness.
5. Numb at hands, arms, legs and feet
It happens because the diabetes has damaged the nerve system.
6. Slowly healed bruises and wounds
Diabetes also affects body immune system and slows down the body auto-healing process.
7. Dry and itchy skin
It is also the result of damaged nerve system.
8. Sudden drastic weight loss
When the body cannot use glucose as its source of energy, it will use fat. That's why many fats are burnt into energy and the patients get slimmer drastically.
If you are frequently experiencing these symptoms, you should consult a doctor immediately. Neglecting these symptoms will lead to type 2 diabetes and more complications. Usually the diabetic patients are given a new diet menu, exercise plan and insulin injection.
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diet is intended for your general information only and
is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment.
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