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Diabetes
What is diabetes?
Diabetes causes sugar, or glucose, to build up in your blood. The two forms of diabetes are Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 is where your body doesn’t make insulin, the hormone that moves sugar from the blood into the cells to be used as energy. Type 2 occurs when your body doesn’t use insulin properly to maintain your blood sugar levels.
Diabetes is by high levels of blood sugar caused by the high level of insulin, which causes glucose to build up in your blood. And there are two forms of diabetes type 1 and type 2.
- Type 1 usually occurs at a young age and is commonly called juvenile type diabetes, where your body inability to make insulin, particularly in the pancreas to produce an adequate amount of insulin needed by the body to consume glucose in order to generate energy.
- Type 2 diabetes is when your body is an inability to use insulin properly to maintain your blood sugar levels, which milder form of the disease.
What are the symptoms of diabetes?
The following is a list of the most prevalent diabetes symptoms, listed by type of diabetes.
Type 1 Diabetes Symptoms:
- Always thirsty
- The Tendency to Urinate Quite Often
- The hunger that feels excessive
- Losing weight that isn’t expected
- Extreme feels of fatigue
- Irritability for no reason
Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms:
- The above symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes
- Frequent infections
- Problems with vision, including blurred vision
- Open wounds that don’t heal as soon as they should
- A feeling of tingling or perhaps numbness in the hands and feet
- Issues with skin or mouth blisters
Anyone who suffers from any of these type 2 diabetes symptoms really should check with their doctor at the earliest opportunity. B&B Desert Family Medical can recommend these tests for you:
How is diabetes diagnosed?
There are several ways to measure your blood sugar level, and each way test should need to be repeated in a second day to diagnose diabetes. Your physician at the B&B Family Medicine Clinics can recommend one of these tests for you:
- Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) test: This blood test measures your blood sugar for the past 2-3 months.
- Fasting blood sugar test: This test measures the level of your glucose in the blood, the patient has to fast for 8-12 hours before testing.
- Oral glucose tolerance: This is one of the first tests used to diagnose a pre-diabetic or diabetic condition, a baseline control test of blood glucose is done first, and then the patient is given a drink of about 80 gm of glucose.
How is diabetes treated?
People with diabetes must take unique responsibility for their everyday care. This includes monitoring blood glucose levels, dietary management, maintaining physical. B&B Family Medicine Clinics will help you find the best treatment option that works for you, we offer nutrition counseling and other services to help improve your health.
There are a number of options including insulin injections if you decide to go down the traditional medicine route. You could also choose to change your lifestyle, diet and use proven natural methods to treat your condition.
You do not have to live with the condition for the rest of your life. You may be currently overweight so this could be an ideal opportunity to lose the extra pounds and get healthier in the process.
Most importantly you discuss your options and treatment choices with your doctor, your practitioner will prescribe medications, particularly if you have Type 1 diabetes. You may call B&B Family Medicine Clinics to book a consultation today.