Understanding diabetes major signs and symptoms

Let us try to understand what is diabetes? Why it occurs to person? What are its major symptoms? And how can we prevent diabetes naturally.

Diabetes can be defined as a condition when there is high amount of glucose in the blood. Diabetes is chronic in nature meaning never ending. Diabetes is majorly classified in two types type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is now very common illness.

Understanding type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes is a condition when the pancreas stops secreting insulin. This stop in production of pancreas is mainly due to autoimmune system of the human body. The autoimmune system destroys the insulin secreting cells i.e. the beta cells of the pancreas. Type 1 is commonly known as Juvenile diabetes.

Understanding type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is a condition when the insulin produced by the body is not enough or the cells do not respond to the insulin produced by the pancreas. Type 2 diabetes is more common among adults i.e. of age above 40 years. It is commonly known as Adult onset diabetes.

The main cause for type 1 or type 2 diabetes is changes in life style. Changes in lifestyle in the sense sedentary or stagnated lifestyle cause diabetes. Obesity is also one of the main causes of diabetes. Obesity is due to stagnated lifestyle. The other main causes of diabetes is lack of balanced diet and genetic reasons.

The other type of diabetes is gestational diabetes. Which is to women and occurs to them during the period of pregnancy. It may last only for a short interval up to the delivery, if proper care is taken. Other wise it develops to type 2 diabetes. Women with gestational diabetes are at a risk of having large babies.

The diabetes is impartial with gender. It counters gender equally. There is a misconception that eating of sugar contents leads to diabetes.

Some of major symptoms shown by the diabetic persons are Increased thirst, frequent urination, extreme hunger, unexplained weight loss or gain, blurry vision.

Generally diagnosis of diabetes is by two tests Urine and blood test. Urine test reveals glucose content in urine and blood test is mainly of three types , in all the three types the blood glucose levels is generally above normal levels.
 
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Type 1 diabetes persons are given insulin injection. These doses are generally 4 to 5 times a day as prescribed by the doctor. Type 2 diabetes can be avoided and can be treated if the diabetic person involve in physical activities.