123topsearch What is the diabetes?
Diabetes is a medical condition in which the body lacks the ability to produce insulin, or enough insulin for the body. This lack of insulin causes the body’s overall blood glucose levels to be higher than usual. Regardless of the type of diabetes an individual has, it means they have too much glucose in their bloodstream. Diabetes is a problem because it can cause more significant threats to the individual’s health in the future.
There are some classifications of chronic diabetes, depending on certain conditions:
- prediabetes
- Diabetes type 1
- Type 2 diabetes
- Gestational diabetes
Risk factors for developing diabetes
One of the key methods of raising awareness of diabetes is to raise awareness of the risk factors that contribute to its prevalence. Some risk factors simply cannot be avoided or controlled, such as having family members with diabetes or getting older. However, several risk factors can be avoided if people’s health is managed properly. The main controllable risk factors include the following:
- Being overweight
- Lack of physical activity
- High blood pressure
- unhealthy eating habits
You can reduce your risk of developing diabetes (even if you are prediabetic) by taking control of your health and lifestyle and eliminating these risk factors from your life. Talk to your doctor about how to control your weight, start an exercise program, maintain a safe and healthy blood pressure, and change your diet.
Diabetes awareness and prevention
Maintaining your health and being aware of the risks and early signs of prediabetes is the key to staying healthy. It’s much better to stay ahead of an illness or disease rather than deal with treating it, so try to get your health, eating habits, weight, and more in top-notch shape as soon as possible. Knowing how to reduce risk factors and make wise lifestyle choices is a key part of preventing diabetes in the first place, and as we learn more about this disease, it’s clear that awareness and prevention are a part integral part of reducing the impact it has on our world. Studies have found that 2 out of 5 Americans will develop type 2 diabetes during their lifetime. This is due, in large part, to the lifestyle many of us live, with low activity levels, unhealthy diets, and poor weight control. The more we learn about diabetes and the impacts it has on our bodies, the more we can motivate ourselves and those around us to make better choices and live healthier lives to minimize our chance of developing diabetes.
Diabetes awareness and prevention
Maintaining your health and being aware of the risks and early signs of prediabetes is the key to staying healthy. It’s much better to stay ahead of an illness or disease rather than deal with treating it, so try to get your health, eating habits, weight, and more in top-notch shape as soon as possible. Knowing how to reduce risk factors and make wise lifestyle choices is a key part of preventing diabetes in the first place, and as we learn more about this disease, it’s clear that awareness and prevention are a part integral part of reducing the impact it has on our world. Studies have found that 2 out of 5 Americans will develop type 2 diabetes during their lifetime. This is due, in large part, to the lifestyle many of us live, with low activity levels, unhealthy diets, and poor weight control. The more we learn about diabetes and the impacts it has on our bodies, the more we can motivate ourselves and those around us to make better choices and live healthier lives to minimize our chance of developing diabetes.
Diabetes symptoms
If you’re not sure if you or someone you know has diabetes, you can look for these symptoms. Remember that this is not a complete list of all symptoms, nor should it be used for self-diagnosis. If you experience any of these symptoms and think you may be at risk of having or developing diabetes, make an appointment with your TrueCare doctor to get screened for diabetes:
- Being hungry and tired on a regular basis, even when you’ve had enough to eat and get enough sleep
- Urinating more often and feeling thirstier than usual
- Having a dry mouth and/or itchy skin
- Blurry vision
- being easily irritated
- Frequent yeast or other infections
- Slow-healing cuts or sores
- Numbness and/or pain in legs and feet
- Unintentional and unexplained weight loss
hyperglycemia
Hyperglycemia means that there is a high level of glucose in the blood, which causes the other symptoms of type 2 diabetes such as thirst, weight loss, and hunger, described below. If hyperglycemia is not treated, it can cause damage to nerves, blood vessels, and organs.
Thirst
Your body is always trying to achieve homeostasis, or “balance.” So high blood sugar actually attracts water to balance it. Water can be drawn from the entire body, including the eyes, causing thirst and frequent urination.
weight loss
Insulin is the hormone that tells your body when to absorb sugar and if your cells don’t get that signal, they won’t know how to use the energy in your food. Without energy, your body becomes weak and tired. At first, it will try to burn fat and muscle instead, but these sources will be used up quickly without replenishment from incoming glucose.
