Diabetes Guide

Diabetes is the fastest growing medical epidemic in the USA, and is mostly preventable. Two-thirds of those with Type II Diabetes are undiagnosed!!

Your easy to read guide to causes, prevention and treatment of Diabetes.

• What is Diabetes
• Symptoms
• Causes
• Diagnosis
• Treatments
• Prevention
• Medical

What Is Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia [high blood sugar] and other signs, as distinct from a single illness or condition.

Type 1 Diabetes is genetic with pancreatic failure. This requires the daily taking of insulin. Type 1 Diabtes accounts for only 10% of diabetes.

Type 2 Diabetes is non- insulin dependent diabetes and affects people from all age groups.

Basic explanation of type I and type II diabetes.

Total Overview Of Diabetes Cause, Diagnosis & Treatment

An academic overview by College students from a Healthful Living course present information on Type I & Type II Diabetes.

Symdrome X

Glucose metabolism disorders such as obesity, hypoglycemia and type II diabetes can produce a cluster of symptoms associated with these problems.

Syndrome X is a catchall term for a group of problems that share a common cardinal cause, namely excess insulin in the bloodstream.

Serious Side Effects Of Diabetes

Diabetes can cause many complications.

Acute complications

Initial symptoms of side effects of diabetes include:

• hypoglycemia - low blood sugar showing as dizzyness, especially when standing from a sitting position
• ketoacidosis - an extreme state of metabolic dysregulation eventually characterized by the smell of acetone on the patient's breath
• abdominal pain - is common and may be severe.
• nonketotic hyperosmolar coma - mainly the result of dehydration due to loss of body water, and most commonly occurs after the patient has been drinking sugar-laden liquids.

Serious Long-Term Complications

Long term, untreated diabetes can cause:

• cardiovascular disease (doubled risk)
• chronic renal failure (diabetic nephropathy is the main cause of dialysis in developed world adults)
• retinal damage (which can lead to blindness and is the most significant cause of adult blindness in the non-elderly in the developed world)
• nerve damage (of several kinds)
• microvascular damage, which may cause erectile dysfunction (impotence) and poor healing.

Poor healing of wounds, particularly of the feet, can lead to gangrene which can require amputation — the leading cause of non-traumatic amputation in adults in the developed world.

Adequate treatment of diabetes, as well as increased emphasis on blood pressure control and lifestyle factors (such as not smoking and keeping a healthy body weight), may improve the risk profile of most aforementioned complications.

Listen to a real story about the horrendous side effects of diabetes, from a diabetes sufferer.

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