What is Diabetes?
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Sandy Klocinski asked:
If diet and exercise aren’t enough, you may need diabetes medications or insulin therapy to manage your blood sugar. People with diabetes have problems converting food to energy. Treatment includes taking diabetes medicines, making wise food choices, exercising regularly, controlling blood pressure and cholesterol, and taking aspirin daily for some.
A diagnosis of diabetes can be made based on test results, confirmed by retesting on a different day. If the results of the second test are the same, you likely have diabetes. If glucose can’t be absorbed by the cells, it builds up in the bloodstream instead, and high blood sugar is the result. As a result, the amount of glucose in the blood increases while the cells are starved of energy. An autoimmune disease results when the body’s system for fighting infection, the immune system, turns against a part of the body. As a result, sugar accumulates in your bloodstream. If the test results are normal, repeat the test every three years. If your results are border line, have a fasting blood sugar test every year.
Some women develop gestational diabetes late in pregnancy. Gestational diabetes is caused by the hormones of pregnancy or a shortage of insulin. Some people have symptoms but do not suspect diabetes.
Many people do not find out they have the disease until they have diabetes complications, such as blurry vision or heart trouble. If you find out early that you have diabetes, then you can get treatment to prevent damage to the body. Your doctor will tell you if you have normal blood glucose, pre-diabetes, or diabetes.
Pre-diabetes means your blood glucose is higher than normal but lower than the diabetes range. However, you can reduce the risk of getting diabetes and even return to normal blood glucose levels with modest weight loss and moderate physical activity. You can do a lot to lower your chances of getting diabetes.
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If diet and exercise aren’t enough, you may need diabetes medications or insulin therapy to manage your blood sugar. People with diabetes have problems converting food to energy. Treatment includes taking diabetes medicines, making wise food choices, exercising regularly, controlling blood pressure and cholesterol, and taking aspirin daily for some.
A diagnosis of diabetes can be made based on test results, confirmed by retesting on a different day. If the results of the second test are the same, you likely have diabetes. If glucose can’t be absorbed by the cells, it builds up in the bloodstream instead, and high blood sugar is the result. As a result, the amount of glucose in the blood increases while the cells are starved of energy. An autoimmune disease results when the body’s system for fighting infection, the immune system, turns against a part of the body. As a result, sugar accumulates in your bloodstream. If the test results are normal, repeat the test every three years. If your results are border line, have a fasting blood sugar test every year.
Some women develop gestational diabetes late in pregnancy. Gestational diabetes is caused by the hormones of pregnancy or a shortage of insulin. Some people have symptoms but do not suspect diabetes.
Many people do not find out they have the disease until they have diabetes complications, such as blurry vision or heart trouble. If you find out early that you have diabetes, then you can get treatment to prevent damage to the body. Your doctor will tell you if you have normal blood glucose, pre-diabetes, or diabetes.
Pre-diabetes means your blood glucose is higher than normal but lower than the diabetes range. However, you can reduce the risk of getting diabetes and even return to normal blood glucose levels with modest weight loss and moderate physical activity. You can do a lot to lower your chances of getting diabetes.
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