Diabetes if left unchecked does not just have control of the sufferer. It also affects their family and friends and robs them of their peace of mind concerning their loved one that suffers from this condition. Do you want to do that not only to yourself but also to those who love and care for you if you continue feeling powerless against diabetes and the symptoms of diabetes?
What is Diabetes?
Diabetes simply put is when there is too much glucose (simple sugars) in the blood stream that can destroy the surrounding organs and lead to many symptoms of diabetes as well as diabetes related complications including a diabetic coma that can prove fatal. This is why a lot of people call it sugar disease. The glucose is released into the blood stream through normal digestive processes and is derived from sugars or carbohydrates consumed.
Since this glucose must be removed from the blood stream and transferred to the cells, the pancreas produces a hormone called insulin. When insulin transfers this glucose to the cells in the body, this glucose provides energy for the body required for daily activities.
There are three types of diabetes, Type 1, Type 2 and gestational diabetes that affects pregnant women and can turn into Type 2 diabetes at a later stage in life.
Most people cannot do anything about type 1 because it is related to genes and all a sufferer can do is learn to properly manage diabetes and the symptoms of diabetes. It usually starts in childhood and sufferers usually require daily injections of insulin in order to be able to live. This condition results from the cells in the pancreas which through a gradual process, no longer produce any insulin because they have been destroyed and nothing can be done once destroyed to fix or restore these cells.
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