Saturday, December 6, 2008

Six Things you should know about Diabetes

By Terry Stanfield

Diabetes mellitus is an abnormal condition that affects the secretion and excretion of urine and sugar in your body. This is a disorder that affects your carbohydrate metabolism which is caused by the genes you have inherited and also the conditions of the environment that factors into the equation. It means that the level of your body's insulin is adequate which can be found by testing your blood; it can also affect your body by being thirst, hunger, or loss weight. There are two stages of diabetes: Type 1 Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes. There are certain precautions that need to be taken when you have Diabetes mellitus. You need know what category you are placed under: Type 1 Diabetes or Type 2 Diabetes. You will need to understand there are things that need to be done to your body to keep this condition under control.

You may need insulin to get your glucose under control. This does not mean that you have let yourself down.

You will need to monitor your blood sugar closely so it does not go too high or too low. If you have Type 2 Diabetes you will need to check it more frequently than if you had Type 1 Diabetes.

Know what they are and the symptoms of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia. Hypoglycemia causes excessive sweating, elevated heart rate, confusion, and very irritable which is caused low glucose level and if you are experiencing headache, thirst, and frequent urination than your glucose level is high, hyperglycemia.

Every individual deals with diabetes differently. You need make sure that you are taking the right medication for you and your type.

Once you have your glucose level stable, blood pressure also stable and stay away from the thoughts of consuming large amount of protein at once will all work in your favor towards your condition. By keeping other your glucose and blood pressure at a decent level you are keeping yourself away from kidney disease in which affects many diabetics.

By keeping the stress levels low, you will keep the blood vessels throughout your entire body stable so your eye sight will not be affected. If the level of blood pressure and glucose does rise it may lead to an eye disease that is prone to diabetics.

Your overall health affects your whole body as a whole this why you need to maintain your diabetes mellitus. There are a lot of different factors when dealing with diabetes but if one is skipped over it is your life on the line so being cautious on what you do to your body. Making sure that you are taken care of by a physician regularly will catch anything that may be getting worse such as your kidneys or your eyes.

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