Diabetes is the condition in which the body does not properly process food for use as energy. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose, or sugar, for our bodies to use for energy. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies.
It develops when your pancreas doesn’t make enough insulin or any at all, or when your body isn’t responding to the effects of insulin properly. Diabetes affects people of all ages.
Over time, having consistently high blood glucose can cause health problems, such as heart disease, nerve damage and eye issues.
Glucose comes from two major sources: food and the liver.
Sugar is absorbed into the bloodstream, where it enters cells with the help of insulin.
The liver stores and makes glucose.
When glucose levels are low, such as when you haven’t eaten in a while, the liver breaks down stored glycogen into glucose. This keeps your glucose level within a typical range.
Type 1 diabetes: results from failure of the pancreas to produce enough insulin due to loss of beta cells. This form was previously referred to as “insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus” (IDDM) or “juvenile diabetes”. The loss of beta cells is caused by an autoimmune response. The cause of this autoimmune response is unknown.
Type 2 diabetes: begins with insulin resistance, a condition in which cells fail to respond to insulin properly. As the disease progresses, a lack of insulin may also develop. Thiss form was previously referred to as “non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus” (NIDDM) or “adult-onset diabetes”. The most common cause is a combination of excessive body weight and insufficient exercise.
Prediabetes: This type is the stage before Type 2 diabetes. Your blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be officially diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
Gestational diabetes: occurs when pregnant women without a previous history of diabetes develop high blood sugar levels. It usually goes away after pregnancy. However, if you have gestational diabetes, you’re at a higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes later in life.
Neonatal diabetes: This is a rare form of diabetes that occurs within the first six months of life. It’s also a form of monogenic diabetes. About 50% of babies with neonatal diabetes have the lifelong form called permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus. For the other half, the condition disappears within a few months from onset, but it can come back later in life. This is called transient neonatal diabetes mellitus.
Increased thirst.
Frequent urination.
Bedwetting in children who previously didn’t wet the bed during the night.
Extreme hunger.
Unintended weight loss.
Irritability and other mood changes.
Fatigue and weakness.
Blurred vision.
In females, a vaginal yeast infection.
Dry mouth.
Headaches.
Loss of consciousness.
Slow healing sores.
Darkened skin on certain parts of the body (Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes).
Insulin resistance: Insulin resistance happens when cells in your muscles, fat and liver don’t respond as they should to insulin. Several factors and conditions contribute to varying degrees of insulin resistance, including obesity, lack of physical activity, diet, hormonal imbalances, genetics and certain medications.
Autoimmune diseases: This happens when your immune system attacks the insulin-producing cells in your pancreas.
Hormonal imbalance: During pregnancy, the placenta releases hormones that cause insulin resistance. You may develop gestational diabetes if your pancreas can’t produce enough insulin to overcome the insulin resistance.
Pancreatic damage: Physical damage to your pancreas — from a condition, surgery or injury — can impact its ability to make insulin.
Genetic mutation: Certain genetic mutations can cause maturity onset diabetes of the young and neonatal diabetes.
Diabetes prevention
You can’t prevent autoimmune and genetic forms of diabetes. But there are some steps you can take to lower your risk for developing prediabetes, Type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes, including:
Eat a healthy diet.
Get physically active. Aim for 30 minutes a day at least five days a week.
Work to achieve a weight that’s healthy for you.
Manage your stress.
Limit alcohol intake.
Get adequate sleep (typically 7 to 9 hours) and seek treatment for sleep disorders.
Quit smoking.
It’s important to note that there are some diabetes risk factors you can’t change, such as your genetics/family history, age and race. Know that Type 2 diabetes is a complex condition that involves many contributing factors.
The longer you have diabetes — and the less controlled your blood sugar — the higher the risk of complications. Eventually, diabetes complications may be disabling or even life-threatening.
Possible complications include:
Heart and blood vessel disease: Diabetes majorly increases the risk of many heart problems. These can include coronary artery disease with chest pain (angina), heart attack, stroke and narrowing of arteries (atherosclerosis). If you have diabetes, you’re more likely to have heart disease or stroke.
Nerve damage (diabetic neuropathy): Too much sugar can injure the walls of the tiny blood vessels (capillaries) that nourish the nerves, especially in the legs. This can cause tingling, numbness, burning or pain that usually begins at the tips of the toes or fingers and gradually spreads upward.
Damage to the nerves related to digestion can cause problems with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation. For men, it may lead to erectile dysfunction.
Eye damage (diabetic retinopathy): Diabetes can damage the blood vessels in the eye.This could lead to blindness.
Hearing impairment
Diabetes may leave you more prone to skin problems, including bacterial and fungal infections.
Kidney damage (diabetic nephropathy): The kidneys hold millions of tiny blood vessel clusters (glomeruli) that filter waste from the blood. Diabetes can damage this delicate filtering system.
Depression: This is common in type 1 and 2 diabetes.
Alzheimer’s disease: Type 2 diabetes may increase the risk of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Ketoacidosis: This complication mainly affects people with Type 1 diabetes. It happens when your body doesn’t have enough insulin. If your body doesn’t have insulin, it can’t use glucose for energy, so it breaks down fat instead. This process eventually releases substances called ketones, which turn your blood acidic. This causes labored breathing, vomiting and loss of consciousness. DKA requires immediate medical treatment.
Severe low blood sugar(hypoglycemia): It mainly affects people with diabetes who use insulin. Signs include blurred vision, seizures and disorientation.
Pre-eclampsia: This occurs in gestational diabetes. Symptoms experienced by the mother include high blood pressure, too much protein in the urine, and swelling in the legs and feet.
Excess growth, low blood sugar and death are complications of a child whose mother has gestational diabetes.
A1C test: This blood test, which doesn’t require not eating for a period of time (fasting), shows your average blood sugar level for the past 2 to 3 months. It measures the percentage of blood sugar attached to hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells. It’s also called a glycated hemoglobin test.
Random blood sugar test: A blood sample will be taken at a random time. No matter when you last ate.
Fasting blood sugar test: A blood sample will be taken after you haven’t eaten anything the night before (fast).
Glucose tolerance test: For this test, you fast overnight. Then, the fasting blood sugar level is measured. Then you drink a sugary liquid, and blood sugar levels are tested regularly for the next two hours.
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Eating a healthy diet, staying at a healthy weight and getting regular physical activity also are important parts of managing diabetes.
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