subject: Diabetes A Silent Killer [print this page] Diabetes is a disease where your blood glucose (sugar) levels are above normal. It results from the inability of the glucose to get into your cells. If the body does not make enough insulin or the insulin does not work the way it should glucose is not able to enter the body's cells. Diabetes in the early stages does not produce symptoms. Treatment for diabetes is must. Unless found during a routine medical exam, it is possible for a diabetic to remain undiagnosed for years. Researchers believe that African Americans and African Immigrants are predisposed to developing diabetes. Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use Insulin. If untreated, death occurs within a few months of the onset of juvenile diabetes, as the cells of the body starve. Physicians by and large, are extremely busy and the demands on them are greater than most can imagine. Insulin-specific antibodies (ISA), those specific for IDDM, and increased T cell levels from exposure to cow's milk have been found in those carrying diabetes associated HLA risk alleles.
Those that do not take care of themselves are usually still insurable, but will pay a premium that reflects the end of the risk pool they have chosen to swim in. Diabetes is a ailment touching the behavior in which the figure touch absorb carbohydrates. Glucose, a form of sugar, is the body's main source of fuel. Glucose needs insulin to enter the cells to be used as energy. Type 2 diabetes is a condition characterized by high blood sugar resulting from an impaired response to insulin. Pre-diabetes is a condition in which the cells in your body are becoming resistant to insulin or your pancreas. Diabetes is a hormone disorder that can cause problems with the kidneys, legs and feet, eyes, heart, nerves, and blood flow.. Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune disease where the body's immune system destroys the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. Diabetes symptoms may vary from person to person but most of the time anyone with diabetes will experience some or all of these symptoms. Gestational diabetes occurs during pregnancy in about 3% to 8% of females not previously diagnosed with diabetes.
Although we don't know exactly why some people get diabetes, we know that diabetes is not contagious - You cannot get it from others. A crucial issue here is the way you deal with food. Healthy eating habits can help diabetics control their weight and thus control their diabetes more easily. People should take healthy diet for diabetes. Almost twenty-one million people in the US are living with diabetes and an estimated 6.2 million of these people don't know that they have diabetes because they are undiagnosed. There are three main types of diabetes and a few others less common. In order to delay the absorption of carbohydrates, the foods consumed must have a large amount of viscous soluble fiber. Diabetes mellitus is a common disease which affects many people worldwide. In most cases, juvenile or Type 1 diabetes is diagnosed when patients are children or young adults.
