Thursday, June 28, 2012

Signs of Diabetes

Diabetes is chronic in nature only treatment can be given there is no proper cure for it. The signs and symptoms for diabetes develop very slowly and steadily but when they become more severe they lead to serious other complications. The main symptoms and signs of diabetes are
- Increased thirst.
- Increase in appetite or excessive hunger
- Increased urination, during night times
- Weight loss or gain which is unexplained
- Blurred or unclear vision
- Sores and wounds that do not heal
- Dry itchy skin

In more complicated cases diabetes leads to
- Blindness
- Kidney failure
- Nerve damage and
- Micro vascular and macro vascular diseases
- Micro vascular disease are related to small blood vessels
- Macro vascular diseases are related to arteries i.e. hardening of arteries and narrowing them and leading to strokes, heart attacks.

Diabetes is mainly classified into two types i.e. type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is mainly due to halt in production of insulin which is due to autoimmune system of the body, it destroys the beta cells of the pancreas which are responsible for secretion for insulin. Type 1 diabetes is also known as insulin dependent diabetes mellitus because insulin is a must dose over here. It is also by name Juvenile diabetes because it is more common among young adult and teenagers.

Diabetes type 2 is due to low production of insulin or the receptors of the cells not reacting with the insulin produced. This condition is known as insulin resistance. Here the body secretes more and more insulin rigorously and so it develops a resistance by itself.

The good news about diabetes is that it can be controlled or maintained naturally by taking well balanced diet, doing regular exercise.Balanced diet in the sense diet should be rich in nutrition. For diabetes diet rich in fiber is recommended. Examples of diet rich in fiber are carrot, broccoli, peas, beans, apples, bananas, apricot, dates.
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