What Is Diabetes

What Is Diabetes?

The most common disease that we see at least one person in every house suffering from is diabetes. The disease has strengthened its roots in most families and the one reason that we could point out is a lifestyle.

Lifestyle is not a thing to take lightly, it can make your health or break you when not taken care of. Let’s know the causes of diabetes. 

What Causes Diabetes?

The causes of Diabetes are known to occur when the pancreas is unable to make enough insulin. The insulin that it produces is not enough to meet the body’s requirements. Insulin assists the glucose to help in metabolism.

The carbohydrate in the food breaks down into glucose that is needed to be utilized by the cell in the form of energy. Insulin assists in this process of energy production. 

Signs Of Diabetes

Here are some major signs of diabetes that are easily evident in a diabetic patient. The signs of diabetes in women are almost the same as the signs in men. The early signs of diabetes to the advanced signs are mentioned below.

 

Increased Urination: A diabetic patient often feels the urge to pee than a normal person. It can be more than ten times a day. The glucose is usually reabsorbed by the kidneys when it filters the blood.

A diabetic person has more blood sugar levels, and the kidney cannot reabsorb all of it. The body has to get that glucose out and thus the body responds by peeing out that excess glucose. Increased peeing will also increase the urge to drink water giving rise to dyspepsia. 

Hunger: Food that we eat is converted into glucose. Glucose is a source of energy for every cell in the body which needs to be converted in order to use it. Insulin is responsible to assist the body in taking up glucose.

The body is unable to use glucose due to a lack of insulin. When glucose is deprived in the body, it leads to more hunger. 

Slow Healing: It is common during diabetes that the cuts or wounds take longer to heal than normal. The nerve damage that occurs as a result of high blood sugar levels makes it harder for the healing mechanism to work at its normal pace. It thereby slows down the healing process.

Pain: The nerve damage caused by high blood sugar in the body can cause constant pain and numbness in the legs and feet. It can also make one feel that he/she is deprived of energy and is tired. The pain may also occur in other body parts that can be constant pain or numbness. 

Dryness: The dryness in the body can occur leading to itchy skin and even dry mouth. The dry mouth is due to excessive peeing that makes the body go dehydrated. 

Vision: A blurred vision is also a sign of diabetes. The nerve damage and changing levels of fluids in the body can make it difficult for the eye to focus. 

Sudden Weight Loss: The body unable to drive energy from the food will start using the reserves in the body. These reserves may become the reason for your weight loss. 

Ketoacidosis: The problem starts to worsen up when it starts making ketones. The ketones when gets accumulated in the blood at high levels can cause a threat to the patient. 

Types Of Diabetes 

There are three types of diabetes that can affect your daily life.

Type 1: Type 1 diabetes is not restricted to age, it can happen to people of any age. It is evident mostly in children and middle-aged people.

This type of diabetes can deprive you of insulin. It will lead you to get the daily dose of insulin injection to survive. These injections work to take control of the normal levels of glucose in the body.

Type 2: This type of diabetes is more evident in old age and middle age people. In this case, the body has insulin but it cannot make use of it. The disease needs more attention towards lifestyle and activity that you get in every day. 

Gestational( GMD): This kind of diabetes is prevalent in pregnant women. High blood sugar levels are observed in pregnant women but it usually vanishes after the postpartum period. But the problem does not end here. The baby and mother are still placed at high risk of getting diabetes. 

Conclusion

Diabetic is a disease that has set its roots in several houses around the world. The major problem that one faces is with lifestyle. It is also hereditary that can run from generation to generation. There are two types of diabetes that can happen to anyone.

Type 1 and Type 2. There is a third type of diabetes called gestational diabetes that happens in pregnant women, but it only lasts up till pregnancy.