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Universal Symbol For Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus is better known as
Diabetes in general. It is a condition when a person has a high level
of blood sugar level due to the potential reasons of:
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the low level production of insulin.
Insulin is one kind of hormone produced by the pancreas which enable
the body cells to absorb the glucose and to turn it into energy.
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or the body cells do not react in proper
manner to the insulin hormone in the blood stream.
Both insulin connected are the major
concern to medical practitioners around the globe to address Diabetes
problem currently.
Types of Diabetes:
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Type 1 Diabetes: this type of Diabetes is
the result of the failure of the pancreas to produce enough insulin.
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Type 2 Diabetes: this type of Diabetes is
due to our body inefficiency to use insulin effectively.
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Gestational Diabetes: this type of
Diabetes present in pregnant women only. This may lead to type 2
Diabetes if care is not taken.
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Congenital Diabetes: this is due to
genetic defects of insulin secretion.
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Cystic Fibrosis Diabetes: this is due to
the genetic hereditary disease which form cyst in the pancreas.
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Steroid Diabetes: this type of Diabetes
is the result of complications of other disease treatment that lead to
Diabetes within the same patient.
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Monogenic Diabetes: this is also
known as Maturity Onset Diabetes Of The Young (MODY) which consist of
approximately 10 different forms of Diabetes caused by the genetic
defects of the pancreas development.
Diabetes have become one of the prime
disease over the last one century. It is believed to be due to the diet
which we adopt. Over the last 10,000 years, we have changed our diet
drastically. From eating raw food such as nuts, green vegetation, raw
hunted animals and seafood to cooked rice and grains. The total shift
of diet has resulted in obesity that leads to diabetes.
With the current instant and out of the
can sweetened drink such as Coke and Pepsi, the effects have been
multiplied many folds. Every child as young as 1 month old are exposed
to this kind of environment.
Symptom of Diabetes include:
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Frequent Urination: most diabetic
patients need to urinate frequently.
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Increased of Thirst: with the
increased osmotic pressure, the frequent urination also will result in
thirst.
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Increased Hunger: most diabetic
probable patients are hungry all the time due to highly digestion
level.
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Blur Vision: the shape of the eye
lenses start to change when the glucose absorption starts to take
place.
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Metabolic Dysregulation: rapid and
deep breathing
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Slow recovery of open wound.
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Ants that spread around the toilet
bowl that shows you urine are sweet.
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Skin rashes that occur from
nowhere.
A person with prolonged glucose level of
over 7.0mmol/l is in danger zone of developing diabetes.
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