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Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms And Complications

By Myfawny Craighter

If type 2 diabetes runs in your family, then you may be concerned about preventing the same fate. The top way to prevent diabetes is to remain at a healthy weight through physical activity and eating a healthy diet. Your focus should be on low fat/low calorie foods, fruits, vegetables and whole grains. You should be working out for 30 minutes each day or 60 minutes three times a week.

This can include brisk walks, bike riding, lap swimming, aerobics or other sports. If you feel you’re overweight, then just losing ten pounds can significantly reduce your risk of developing the disease. Drugs like Metformin (Glucophage) or Rosiglitazone (Avandia) may also help you reduce the risk if you’re borderline diabetic.

The Causes Of Type 2 Diabetes

Scientists aren’t entirely sure what causes type 2 diabetes, although the process itself has been observed. In a normal body, a person digests food, which is absorbed into the bloodstream, with the help of insulin produced by the pancreas, and distributed to cells for energy consumption.

When the body is through using energy, the remaining insulin then lowers the amount of sugar in the bloodstream, which decreases the amount of insulin secreted from the pancreas. The liver stores and manufactures glucose when insulin levels are low. All these processes keep the body regulated and properly transporting energy throughout your system.

Sugar Builds Up Resulting In Symptoms

However, the system of type 2 diabetics has gone mad, and sugar builds up in the bloodstream rather than dispersing it to cells, because the cells have become resistant to insulin. By contrast, with type 1 diabetes, the body is just not producing any insulin.

The complications of type 2 diabetes are easy to ignore at first. So what if you have to pee every hour or you’re drinking constantly to quench your thirst? Who doesn’t feel a little bit tired or have a sudden pang of extreme hunger every once in a while?

The Short Term And Long Term Consequences Of Diabetes

Yet doctors caution that diabetes can affect all major organs if left untreated, so it’s very important to monitor blood sugar levels. The short term troubles of diabetes include high blood sugar, an increased number of toxic acid ketones in your urine, which can lead to a coma and low blood sugar, which may lead to unconsciousness.

The long-term consequences are far more severe, with a significantly increased risk of developing heart disease, coronary artery disease, strokes, nerve damage, kidney failure, eye damage, foot injuries, tooth loss, skin infections, osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s.

Record Your Blood Sugar Levels Every Day

As someone with type 2 diabetes, you’ll need to review your options and learn some basic life skills to maintain good health. Your primary care physician will teach you how to test and record your blood glucose levels everyday, as well as how to take medications. Your dietician will teach you what to eat, when to eat and how much to eat.

You’ll learn how to recognize signs of low blood sugar or high blood sugar and how to treat each. You’ll learn about supplies for diabetes care and where to buy them as well. Through a few lifestyle changes, you can still live a fulfilling life.

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Please Note: All information given on this site is for general information purposes and is not to replace any medical opinion or medical diagnosis given by a qualified medical doctor, a dietitian/nutritional expert or any other medical expert, as individual circumstances may vary. Please see your medical doctor, before any action is taken to alleviate symptoms.

About the Author:
Myfawny Craighter is an author of articles on health, exercise, dieting, weight loss and nutrition including Health Fitness, Weight Loss Success, Total Fat, Acid Diet, Binge Eating.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles coming soon.

Did You Know?

Right now, the number one preventable death is cancer caused by smoking. The second most preventable death is complications related to obesity. Being fat is not just a punch line of a joke anymore. People spend millions each year on gym memberships and fad diets in the hopes of losing that excess weight.

The sad fact is that most will fail at their dieting attempts. Some will turn to surgery and others will struggle to survive. If you are overweight and having health issues related to your weight, you need help.