Starting one’s life anew next Monday – it is one of those dreams that everyone seemed to have at least once. It is just fine if you can make a fresh start of your own free will. However, it is a different story if you are forced to adjust yourself to a new life because of a new set of circumstances, which are totally beyond your control. Diabetes is one of those unfortunate circumstances which brought about drastic changes for 150 million people around the world. Even worse, the number of sufferers is expected to grow year in and year out.
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There are several signs and symptoms associated with diabetes. Are you visiting the bathroom much more lately? Does it feel like you cannot get enough water and you are drinking much more than usual? Have you been losing weight without trying? Are you feeling tired and run down on a regular basis? In addition, you seem to be feeling numbness or tingling in your extremities, and your skin is dry and itchy far too often. Any of the above signs could indicate diabetes.
“The engine of a car runs on gasoline, and therefore gasoline is a must. Likewise, the human body must get glucose for energy. Normally, the sugar we receive from the food we eat is digested and broken down to a simple sugar, otherwise known as glucose. The glucose then circulates in our blood where it waits to enter cells to be used as fuel. Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, helps move the glucose into cells. A healthy pancreas adjusts the amount of insulin based on the level of glucose. This process breaks down and blood sugar levels become far too high in case of diabetes,” said Tatyana Nikonova, a senior researcher at the Moscow-based Center of Endocrinology Studies.
Type 1 diabetes is popularly referred to as a disease of the “young and lean.” Type 1 often occurs before age 30, but may strike a person of any age. It occurs when the pancreas starts producing very little or no insulin any more. Therefore, frequent insulin injections are required for Type 1 diabetes.
As a rule, Type 2 diabetes is often referred to as a disease of those who are “old and overweight.” Yet again, Type 2 may affect anyone, including children. People with Type 2 can produce insulin, but their cells don’t respond to it. Type 2 occurs gradually with increasing insulin resistance so the glucose cannot move into the cells and blood glucose levels become as high as in case of Type 1 diabetes. Patents may require treatment with hypoglycemic drugs.
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