Diabetes Mellitus, what are its symptoms? As we may all know, Diabetes is a chronic systemic disease characterized by either a deficiency of insulin or a decreased ability of the body to use insulin. The term Diabetes Mellitus is often referred to as “high sugar”. The notion of associating sugar with Diabetes is appropriate because the passage of large amounts of sugar-laden urine is characteristic of poorly controlled diabetes. However, a high level of blood glucose is only one component of the pathological process and clinical manifestations associated with Diabetes Mellitus. It can also be associated with serious complications, but people with diabetes can take preventive measures to reduce the [...]
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Diabetes Mellitus Treatment
by on 07. Oct, 2010 in Diabetes
The most essential part of any human body is to feel healthy and avoid any long-term complications, especially for diabetes. This can be achieved only by maintaining the level of blood sugar in our body. There are people who keep their blood sugar level under their control just by proper healthy diet or by doing exercise. If these two possibilities do not work then insulin with a bit of high doses of medicaments are required. Monitoring the Level of Blood Sugar in our Body Monitoring the level of blood sugar is not at all an overwhelming job. Initially it might seem so but with proper care and practice, the task [...]
Diabetes Signs and Symptoms
by on 04. Oct, 2010 in Diabetes
Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes is a disease with apparent signs. Symptoms are easily detected in a patient. Even before the onset of diabetes, underlying signs are already manifested. Although majority of the type 1 and type 2 Diabetes signs are identical to each other, there are few that can differentiate the two. All of these will be discussed in this article. It is also important to know, that type 2 Diabetes’s symptoms are chronic in nature hence, will not show signs at the onset of the disease. Type 2 Diabetes’s symptoms can still be observed even after a long period of time. Apart from type 1 and [...]
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Treatment of TYPE 1 Diabetes
by on 03. Oct, 2010 in Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Type 1 Diabetes or Diabetes Mellitus which is also referred as juvenile diabetes is usually said to be diagnosed in young adults and children. People suffering from this lack the ability to produce the hormone Insulin as a result of malfunction of Beta Cells & Pancreas. Due to which there results an increased level of glucose in blood & urine. It is mostly treated by administrating insulin into the body of the patient by various means. Injecting it directly under the skin being the most common and effective one. This aids the insulin in getting absorbed in the blood stream and reaching out to body cells that require it. [...]
Type 2 Diabetes Diet
by on 01. Oct, 2010 in Diabetes
Diet for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 diabetes patients need to follow a little different food chart than the regular people. However, this is not difficult to understand as the diseases has close relationship with our daily meals and by making only a few changes, the patients can live with much better physical condition. The changes include lower fat, salt and sugar. The main idea of the food diet chart of the diabetes patients is to keep a balance between the insulin level and glucose level in the blood. Glucose level The diabetes is caused for higher glucose level in the bloodstream. This is usually occurs when the patient [...]
Causes of Diabetes
by on 30. Sep, 2010 in Diabetes
What Are The Causes Of Diabetes? The causes of diabetes vary according to the type of diabetes. The difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes when it comes to what causes diabetes is that the former does not produce insulin at all while on the other hand, the latter produces insulin but makes it less effective because of resistance. Mostly, people who develop Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus or the Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) are oftentimes healthy individuals. IDDM usually occurs when the body’s immune system destroys the beta cells which are the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. This process is called “autoimmune response”. The cause of diabetes of [...]
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