Why just from diabetes it seem can develop to other illness/health problem ?

Answer 1

Insulin is a hormone that allows your cells to receive nutrients.

If your insulin levels are not kept within a "normal" range it suppresses the body immune system. High insulin levels can cause blindness, nerve damage, keep wounds from healing and heart disease.

Researchers have found that excessive insulin appears to slow the removal of chylomicrons from the blood stream following a fatty meal. Chylomicrons transport dietary fat from the intestine to the rest of the body.

Researchers note that excessive insulin appears to alter the mechanics of blood vessel walls, allowing chylomicrons and cholesterol to build up in them, which, over time, creates blockages in the blood stream, leading to heart problems.

high levels of insulin directly result in increased blood pressure through various mechanisms such as proliferation of arterial smooth muscle cells, which makes the arteries more rigid. Since insulin is an anabolic hormone, in large amounts it encourages tumor cell growth, and it also encourages cholesterol synthesis through its stimulating effect on HMG-CoA reductase, the key enzyme in the cholesterol synthesis pathway. Unless you are an endurance athlete who continuously depletes his or her glycogen stores, most of the glucose from that high carbohydrate meal is going into fat stores. Furthermore, insulin directly shuts off the fat burning pathways in the body. High levels of insulin and glucose also damage arteries, which can initiate plaque formation, and glucose directly binds to LDL molecules, rendering them unrecognizable to the liver and causing them to be attacked by the immune system - which also leads to plaque formation. Finally, chronic high levels of insulin can lead to the desensitization of the insulin receptor - leading to type II diabetes.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Diabetes is the abnormal condition of having too much glucose in the blood. What that means is that the blood has too much sugar in it. Because of this, the body suffers from all kinds of problems.
Hardening of the arteries - normally the inside of the arteries are smooth. The extra sugar in the blood is like little shards of glass scratching the inside of the artery. This causes the build up of "plaque" and an inflammatory response. Nasty stuff - this is where heart attacks and strokes come from.
Gangrene of the extremities - in diabetes, the cells don't get the energy they need because it (sugar = energy) is in the blood and not in the cells. This is particularly true with the feet and legs. Because the cells don't have energy, they cannot perform their duties and they die. This causes the feet to literally rot. Gross.
Macular degeneration - remember the shards of glass? Those things are also in your eyeball, causing major damage to the retina and other vision structures, This causes the diabetic to go blind. (they are not really shards of glass- just glucose)

Answer 4

Because, diabetes itself means that your body is not functioning properly. When systems don't function and process properly, it effects the whole. So, the diabetes can make your kidneys not work well, which will lead to other illnesses (one example). The best thing to do is treat the diabetes in the best possible manner, boost immunity and health and make sure that nothing else can go wrong. Reading some about naturopathy and biomedical interventions may prove very helpful.

Answer 5

Diabetes results in HIGH GLUCOSE LEVELS IN THE BLOOD STREAM, not high insulin levels.

The following is a direct copy from the diabetes.org website

"Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life. The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise appear to play roles."

Type 1 and type 2 are completely differenent but result in the same symptons

Type 1
"Results from the body's failure to produce insulin, the hormone that "unlocks" the cells of the body, allowing glucose to enter and fuel them. It is estimated that 5-10% of Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 1 diabetes"

Type 2
"Results from insulin resistance (a condition in which the body fails to properly use insulin), combined with relative insulin deficiency. Most Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 2 diabetes."