subject: Prevent Type 2 Diabetes: Visit Your GP [print this page] Prevent Type 2 Diabetes: Visit Your GP Prevent Type 2 Diabetes: Visit Your GP
Your GP does a lot more than just hand out prescriptions. Visiting your GP can actually help you stave off future illnesses. For instance, your GP can help you figure out if you're at risk from type 2 diabetes and help you minimise that risk.
"You can't change your family history or genetic makeup, but with the help of your family doctor, you can prevent or delay the development of diabetes," says Dr. Gary Speck, a spokesperson for National Diabetes Week. Dr. Speck wants to help people realise the important role their doctor plays in early detection of illnesses like type 2 diabetes.
The human body is primarily fuelled on glucose our bodies break food down into glucose, which then enters our bloodstream. Our pancreas produces insulin, which moves glucose from our blood into our cells, to power our body.
Diabetes is a disease where the body either does not produce enough insulin, or the body does not, for come reason, use the insulin the pancreas creates. Glucose builds up in the blood, and this can lead to all kinds of secondary health problems blindness, kidney damage, heart attacks, difficulty healing from injuries, foot and leg ulcers and oral health problems.
Early detection is crucial to successfully managing type 2 diabetes. With a balanced diet, regular insulin injections, and other medical supplies you can prevent other diabetes-related problems, like blindness and ulcers.
A talk with your GP can help you identify risk factors of type 2 diabetes, a chronic disease which often develops in people who are overweight and don't exercise. Talking with your GP can help you identify areas of your life where you can improve your health and diet to prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes.
If you have a family history of diabetes, or notice any symptoms of type 2 diabetes fatigue, unquenchable thirst, sudden, unexplained weight loss, wounds not healing visit your doctor immediately.
No one knows more about managing your health then your local doctor, so if you think you're at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, talk to your GP today. What they say now could just save your life.
