subject: What Are The Hazards And Identifications Of Diabetes [print this page] What Are The Hazards And Identifications Of Diabetes
Several causes of diabetes are not known yet. It's not an abrupt change and it has become so very widespread in every nook and corner of the world.
The rise in the levels of blood sugar leads to diabetes in the body. The two types of diabetes are namely Diabetes type I and diabetes type II. The first type has to be treated with insulin injections on a daily basis which depends upon insulin. The second type is cured with medicines and it does not depend upon insulin. The treatment and medicines need to be changed according to the rising levels of blood sugar. When controlling the sugar levels one must also note that it does not reach low levels of blood sugar.
Diabetes has lot of dangers and needs to be kindly treated. When not treated high blood sugar causes death and kidney failure. Low blood sugar leads to coma and is Fatal.
- Excessive Thirst: Human body tries to wash all the excess sugar in the blood through the urine. When it happens, often one tends to urinate. So there is a feel of thirst.
- Frequent Urination: When there is high sugar the body tends to reduce the levels by frequent urination.
- Increased Hunger: When the body does not digest the food properly the hunger increases. The sugar in the blood is more and the food cannot be used as energy. So we might feel hungry.
Diabetes also leads to other dangers.
- Overweight: When one is overweight it eventually causes the type ii diabetes by opposing the insulin content.
- Sedentary Lifestyle: Physical activities are very much significant in reducing the body weight and sugar. It regulates the conversion of sugar into energy and does not fight insulin.
- Age: The type ii is more in old people because they do not have exercises. But nowadays it has increased in children and teens.
- Gestational Diabetes: The type that occurs in pregnant women is called as the Gestational Diabetes and it brings up the options of rise after the child birth.
- Genetics: It can also be caused by heredity. There are people having the cautious stage where the level is high but not as high as the labeled diabetes. This is called pre diabetes. If its not treated it may lead to the illness.
Monitor the levels of blood sugar regularly even if you are not affected by it. If you like to find more on how to maintain the levels and learn about the hazards , have a look at the diabetes guide.
