Diabetes - Types, Symptoms, Causes & How to Prevent Diabetes

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Diabetes - Types, Symptoms, Causes How To
Prevent Diabetes
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What Is Diabetes?

•   Diabetes is a chronic disease where the body is
  unable to automatically regulate blood glucose
  levels, resulting in too much glucose in the
  blood. Diabetes is the major cause of chronic
  kidney disease (CKD). The diabetic people have
  high blood sugar level. The blood sugar level is
  regulated by insulin a hormone produced by the
  pancreas, which depends on your eating habits.

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Symptoms of Diabetes

• The most common symptoms of diabetes are as
  follows
• Being all the time thirsty
• Frequent urination
• Increased hunger
• Feeling all the time tired
• Vision changes
• Recurrent skin infections very difficult to heal
• Tingling or numbness you may feel in your
  extremities
• Gums disorders
• Hair loss and many others

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• 1. Increase in urination and thirst. Excessive
  glucose which is associated with sugar diabetes
  tend to make you feel dehydrated and would cause
  you the urge to drink more water. Increase in
  water intake, of course, makes you urinate more
  frequent during the whole day.
• 2. Gaining weight. When you lose sugar and fluid
  in your body, your body would want to consume
  more food. Sweet cravings are one of those
  symptoms. Since sweet give you energy, your body
  would be asking you to eat more of those types.
• 3. Vision problems. Your vision becomes blurry
  because eye tissues are being extracted from your
  lenses. Thus, your visions capability to focus
  is compromised. In serious cases, sugar diabetes
  can cause blindness.

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• 4. Improper healing. People with diabetes cannot
  heal properly. Their bruises may go on for days
  and days. Infections are not healing faster than
  it should and women who have vaginal infections
  are often left to suffer for days.
• 5. Body numbness. Excess sugar can also result in
  nerve damages that can leave certain parts of
  your body to tingle or feel numb.
• Sugar diabetes can also cause a continuous
  occurrence of fatigue and weakness. If you are
  experiencing one or all of the symptoms, be sure
  to schedule your appointment with your trusted
  specialist.

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Types of Diabetes

• There are two different types of diabetes.
• Type I Diabetes (juvenile diabetes or
  insulin-dependent diabetes) The reason for type
  I diabetes is due to pancreas inability to
  produce insulin.
• Type II Diabetes (non insulin dependent diabetes
  or adult onset diabetes) This diabetes is a
  result of body tissues becoming resistant to
  insulin. It is usually hereditary. Type-2
  Diabetes is more common than Type-1 Diabetes.
  Type 2 diabetes is a life-long disease marked by
  high levels of sugar in the blood.

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7 Steps on How to Prevent Diabetes

• If you are overweight you risk developing
  diabetes.  Reduce the amount of food on your
  plate so you gradually eat less and start to lose
  weight.  Drink a glass of plain water or a
  sugar-free drink before your meal to take the
  edge of any hunger pains.
• Reduce the amount of fat you are eating grill or
  bake foods instead of frying use low-fat spreads
  and reduced fat meals.
• Check the Glycemic Index of the food you are
  eating knowing what each food contains helps
  maintain your blood-sugars, which in turn can
  prevent the full onset of diabetes.

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• Drink at least 8 glasses of water every day. If
  you keep a bottle of water with you and sip
  frequently youll be surprised how much you do
  drink throughout the day.
• If you are feeling peckish choose a healthy snack
  rather than a chocolate bar.
• Use skimmed rather than full-fat milk in hot
  drinks.
• Exercise is good for health.  But if you are not
  used to doing exercise then start it in
  moderation.  15 minutes gentle walking each day
  will ease you into a regular exercising pattern.

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Contact Us

• If you want to know more about diabetes and
  how to prevent from diabetes, feel free to touch
  with us.

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