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Friday, 01 August 2008 |
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Everyone needs food for energy but this does not always happen especially when a person suffers with diabetes. Once converted by the digestive system, food is transformed into glucose which is then used by our metabolisms for energy. Diabetes causes problems with the distribution of glucose in the bloodstream. If the situation is not dealt with it doesn't take long for the body to build up high levels of glucose in the blood also known as 'high blood sugar levels'.
This subject has comprehensive information available on other sites and the information about the condition in this article has been made short to enable easy and quick understanding. The first type is called type one and primarily affects young people, usually called juvenile onset diabetes and is where the body completely stops the production of insulin; this results in the diabetic requiring an insulin injection every day to stay healthy and alive. The drug insulin plays the major role of ensuring the glucose level remain at a safe level. Adult onset diabetes affects older people as the name suggests but differs from type one; it results when the body either cannot produce enough insulin or does not use the insulin it makes properly.
Most of the food humans eat can be converted into sugar which provides us with energy. High blood glucose levels over a long period of time can cause blindness, heart disease, kidney problems, and amputations. By sticking to a diabetes health care regime, most of these conditions can be helped; some of these conditions can be slowed down whilst others can even be stopped. Managing this condition means changing your lifestyle to suit your condition any medication that has been prescribed; this means maintaining the correct level of blood sugar, cholesterol and blood fat along with giving up cigarettes.
Your weight and blood pressure also need to be checked regularly and kept within the acceptable limits set by your doctor. Diabetes cannot be cured and once diagnosed it is a lifelong complaint; in the United States there are reports of it affecting over two and a half percent of the population. Studies suggest that it is not the whole story as experts believe there are as many people again that have the disease that have not yet been diagnosed; over 600,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. The number of Americans who have diabetes and die each year is approximately 320,000 but only 34,000 die as a direct result of having the condition.
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