Diabetese

What is diabetes as a health condition in a person

Diabetes is a health disorder that has a general effect in the body’s efficiency in the utilization of blood sugar for the provision of its energy supply.

There are two main types of diabetes mainly known as diabetes type 1 and diabetes type two. However, there is another slightly uncommon type of diabetes known as gestational diabetes. The pre onset of diabetes as also referred to as pre-diabetes.

The symptoms to watch out for in order to know that you could be diabetic include, increased urination, drastic weight loss and increased hunger sensations. It is also common to experience difficulty in the healing of wounds.

What exactly is the meaning and history of Type 1 diabetes?

Type1 diabetes is the condition whereby the immune system destroys insulin producing cells (beta cells) that are produced in the pancreas.

This incapacitates the body’s ability to produce insulin which is responsible for the regulation of sugar levels in the blood. This has made type1 diabetes to be widely known as insulin dependant diabetes and patients need to be subjected to insulin injections every now and then.

Proper dietary practices should be observed with the assistance of a dietitian since diet plays a major role in their care and management of diabetes type 1.

Type1 diabetes has for a long time been known as juvenile diabetes because of its prevalence in young people below the age of 20 years even though it can be gotten by any one at any age. The young comprise about 5-15 people of those with the type 1 diabetes. Cases of inheriting the condition have also been reported

What exactly is the meaning and history of Type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes comes as a result of too much insulin in or insulin resistance the body. Its development is gradual but slow making it to be mostly common in adults. Cases of diabetes type 2 have however gained popularity even with children and youths in the recent past. Type2 diabetes is responsible for 90-95& of diabetic cases. It is also greatly associated with over weight cases.

Due to insulin resistance, those who are on the onset of developing diabetes do not respond to insulin secretion by the pancreas. Later, insulin secretion declines, and this acts as a signaling factor to the beginning of diabetes.

About Pre-diabetics and recommended care after its diagnosis

Pre-diabetes is the onset stage of diabetes type2. It is the state of having high blood sugar but not yet high enough for the condition to be referred to as diabetes type2 condition. It is the clear indication that one is on the way to the development of diabetes with the chance of about 70&.

Proper dietary practices and change of lifestyle can bring about tremendous effects towards the development of diabetes type2. Loss of about 5& to 7% of body weight could reverse the diabetic onset or slow down the advancement of its development by trying to keep the resistance of insulin on check.

Gestational diabetics and its effects on mother and baby’s’ health

This is as a result of increase in hormones in the mother’s body, like the hormones made by the placenta to transport nutrients from the mother to the baby. Other hormones also produced by the placenta are those that help to regulate blood sugar levels.

This hormonal influx in the body may hinder the proper functioning of insulin leading to progression of glucose intolerance through the pregnancy trimesters. If the mothers’ pancreas is un-able to produce enough insulin to counter this effect, blood sugar levels rise and gestational diabetes is developed.

This is a diabetic condition which is mostly common in expectant mothers. It affects about 4% of expectant mothers and could bring about health complications for the mother and the baby/ fetus.

Those mostly at risk are those who have had still born babies in the past, were over weight just before conceiving, have a history of gestational diabesityin the family, polyhydriamnios (having too much amniotic fluid), have had the case in previous pregnancies, and have glucose intolerance due to numerous hormonal changes during pregnancy.

Gestational diabetes can lead to miscarriage, growth impairment, birth defects in the heart and brain if the case of diabetes is developed in the first trimester.

Over nutrition of the fetus and delivery of over weight baby occurs during the second trimester. It could lead to labor problems with possible need for a cesarean section because of the over weight baby and shoulder trauma to the baby incase of normal way of delivery.

Over nutrition could bring about hyper-insulinemia which is the drop of the baby’s blood sugar levels after birth as a result of the separation from the mothers blood sugar supply.

The relationship between healthy eating habits and diabetes management

Eating healthily will help you to be able to regulate your blood sugar levels, blood pressure and blood lipid levels. Consult your doctor and dietitian for advice on what to include in your diet for a healthy body.

You should reduce your intake of trans- fats and saturated fats. Go for healthy fats like the monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats. This will help you to reduce any risks of suffering a heart disease.

Eat lots of whole grains, fruits and vegetables to provide the necessary nutrient requirement during your struggle with diabetes. Whole grains will help you in the management of your blood sugar levels.

Effect of alcoholic drinks during the struggle in the management of diabetes

Alcohol drinking is not advisable when you are diabetic as you could possibly develop cases of hypoglacaemia so as to keep your blood sugars and calorie levels regulated. Maintain just about one drink a day for women and two for men taking care not to overindulge on any single drinking occasion but spreading your intake throughout the day.

Effects of exercise and the relationship between weight management and diabetes

- 80% of those who have diabetes type2 are over weight. This causes insulin resistance which leads to high blood pressure, abnormal blood fats and diabetes.

- Adequate exercising will help you to boost the control of your cholesterol levels, blood pressure, and blood vessel pressure and also reduce heart disease cases.

- It will also help your effort towards weight loss and weight management.

- High body muscle and low fat content as a result of engaging in physical activities help your body to increase its insulin sensitivity rate.

- Exercises also help to reduce insulin resistance and reduce blood sugars.

Conventional medication in management of diabetic conditions and healthy living

-  Avoid any medication that may cause rises in your blood sugar levels. 

- Take diabetic drugs as they are prescribed by your doctor as many drugs could be prescribed to help in the stabilization of your blood sugar levels.

Heart disease, blood vessels rapture and their relationship with diabetes

Control of cholesterol and blood sugar levels is very important in the management of diabetes, since, blood vessels and heart risks are possible earlier health problems before the development of diabetes.

The possible effect of diabetes condition in increasing osteoporosis chances

Complications as a result of diabetes such as circulation, heart, nervous and vision problems, affect bone metabolism negatively by affecting blood supply, increasing bone mineral depletion and reducing bone strength. This greatly increases susceptibility to having fractures. The type1 diabetes lowers bone mineral density (BMD) increasing hip fracture risks while the excess accumulation of bone mineral density in over weight people who mostly suffer the type2 diabetic also pose fracture risks. Fracture risks are high for those having the type1 diabetes than those with the type2 diabetes.