DIABETES SYMPTOMS

Know and beware of it

Diabetes symptoms we can see from some of the following: (1) Experiencing weight loss that cannot be explained; (2) Frequent urination; (3) Often feel thirsty; (4) Having increased appetite; (5) often experience weakness and fatigue; (6) Blurred vision; and (7) Frequent nausea. In addition to experiencing symptoms such as those mentioned above, we also have to go through a series of laboratory tests to ensure that the illness is diabetes. Typically, the test is a test performed to diagnose diabetes type 1 and diabetes type 2. Several tests that would normally be applied to a person who is suspected of developing diabetes among others FPG (Fasting Plasma Glucose) test, an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), Random Plasma Glucose Test, and Hemoglobin A1-c Test.

To reinforce the notion of diabetes symptoms in a person, then it will run some tests and here is the explanation: (1) Fasting Plasma Glucose Test is one test that has been chosen because it is inexpensive, reliable, and very easy to do. We will be fasting for 8 hours (minimum) to perform this test - as the name suggests. When we FPG test scores of less than 100 mg/ dL, then we are not classified as diabetics. When we FPG test scores ranged from 100 to 125 mg/ dL, then we classified as pre - diabetic patients. When we FPG test scores of more than 126 mg/ dL, then we classified as diabetics. (2) Oral Glucose Tolerance Test is a highly effective test used to diagnose diabetes type 2 and gestational diabetes. We will be asked for fasting for 8 hours (minimum) and then drink 75 grams of glucose and water. After 2 hours of drinking the glucose liquid, the OGTT test performed. If the result is less than 139 mg/ dL, then we considered normal. If the result is ranged between 140 to 199 mg/ dL, then we are considered as pre - diabetes. If the result is more than 200 mg/ dL, then we are considered as diabetics. To perform the test in the case of gestational diabetes, the test is conducted 4 times in a span of 4 hours where the women were asked to fasting for 8 hours, then drink 100 grams liquid glucose and water which has been mixed. One sample was taken while fasting, and 3 samples were taken every 1 hour.

DIABETES MELLITUS

Get well understanding of diabetes

Diabetes Mellitus, or commonly referred to as diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterized by blood sugar levels are high enough alias abnormally or known by the medical term as hyperglycemia. As we know, the blood sugar level is controlled by the hormone insulin that produced by the pancreas and when insulin production is insufficient then this will affect blood glucose levels. Unavailability or insufficient production of insulin in the body will make someone have a disease that we call diabetes. Diabetes is a disease that affects many parts of the population from different parts of the country including the United States. Diabetes rates continue to increase thus making the disease entered into the list of top 10 causes of death in America. In addition to making the sufferer to experience death, we can also get other health effects such as heart failure, kidney problems, stroke, blindness, and other. This certainly makes the lesson for us and done everything possible to avoid this disease.

Diabetes Mellitus has three main types of diabetes namely diabetes type 1, diabetes type 2, and diabetes type 3. Diabetes type 1 is a condition in which the pancreas fails to produce insulin in sufficient quantities and make sufferers must inject insulin several manually into the body. Diabetes type 2 is a condition where the body's cells do not respond to insulin in the body so that the sufferer should consume certain drugs rather than inject some insulin into the body. Diabetes type 3 is also known as gestational diabetes, which usually occur to a mother during pregnancy which can then be transformed into type 2 diabetes. There is also a condition known as pre-diabetes. It is a condition where a person has blood sugar levels higher than normal but not as high as that owned by people with diabetes. If a person is suffering from pre-diabetes, so to be able to cure the condition, lifestyle change is the key. If we do not change an unhealthy lifestyle, then within the next 10 years, we will be one of the people with diabetes. Obviously this is not something that we want, is not it?!.