What really is diabetes?

Question

well my uncle died yesterday.he was a diabetec....anyone has more info about this disease?

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Answer 1

Hello I have read your question and I'm sorry for your uncle.

What is diabetes?

Diabetes is a chronic condition that occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. Hyperglycaemia and other related disturbances in the body’s metabolism can lead to serious damage to many of the body’s systems, especially the nerves and blood vessels.

There are two basic forms of diabetes:
Type 1: people with this type of diabetes produce very little or no insulin.
Type 2: people with this type of diabetes cannot use insulin effectively.
Most people with diabetes have type 2.
A third type of diabetes, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), develops during some cases of pregnancy but usually disappears after pregnancy.
People with type 1 diabetes require daily injections of insulin to survive. People with type 2 diabetes can sometimes manage their condition with lifestyle measures alone, but oral drugs are often required, and less frequently insulin, in order to achieve good metabolic control. Common symptoms of type 1 diabetes include: excessive thirst; constant hunger;
excessive urination; weight loss for no reason; rapid, hard breathing; vision changes; drowsiness or exhaustion. These symptoms may occur suddenly. People with type 2 diabetes may have similar, but less obvious, symptoms.
Many have no symptoms and are only diagnosed after many years of onset. As a consequence, almost half of all people with type 2 diabetes are not aware that they have this life-threatening condition.

In 2000, 3.2 million people died from complications associated with diabetes. In countries with high diabetes prevalence, such as those in the Pacific and the Middle East, as many as one in four deaths in adults aged between 35 and 64 years is due to diabetes. Diabetes has become one of the major causes of premature illness and death in most countries, mainly through the increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Cardiovascular disease is responsible for between 50% and 80% of deaths in people with diabetes.
Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, amputation and kidney failure. These complications account for much of the social and financial burden of diabetes. Although diabetes is sometimes considered a condition of developed nations, the loss of life from premature death among persons with diabetes is greatest in developing countries. The burden of premature death from diabetes is similar to that of HIV/AIDS, yet the problem is largely unrecognized. A life-threatening condition.

Read here for more information:

http://www.idf.org/webdata/docs/DANbookletfinal.pdf

Answer 2

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Answer 4

Type one is a autoimmune disorder where your pancrease does not make any insulin. Insulin is essential for survival. If your body does not have insulin your blood glucose levels can be dangerously high and your cells do not get the fuel.energy they need. Therefore we have to take insulin injections. There are a few ways to do this and several different types of insulins to use. I am using an insulin pump with rapid insulin. Before that I used a long term insulin once a day and then when i ate or had a high blood glucose I took a shot or rapid insulin.
Type two is insulin resistance. Some people dont produce enough insulin, some produce enough, and some produce extra but they are resistant to insulin and need help getting it into the cells. So they take some medication (pills) to help with that. Diet and exercise is also key with this type. Some type 2 diabetics do need assistance from insulin injections.

Answer 5

Safely Reverse Your Diabetes - http://www.DiabNoMore.com

Answer 6

go to Diabetes.org---site of the American diabetes association.
or medlineplus.gov for details of the disease.

Answer 7

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