Diabetes information
Diabetes has different types, causes, and treatments. Blood sugar rises when we eat certain things: carbohydrates, protein, fat. Insulin lowers blood sugar. Diabetes means the body doesn’t use insulin the way it should. Diabetes doesn’t go away just like that because diabetes is a chronic disease. When detected and treated in good time, damage can,…
Previously Published on ChicagoTribune.com – Both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes affect millions of people around the world, although many who suffer from it have not been officially diagnosed with the disease. The most common warning signs of diabetes have become widely publicized in recent years. They include excessive thirst, general fatigue, blurred vision, numbness in…
Diabetes mellitus refers to a condition that affects the blood sugar level in the body. The pancreas makes the hormone insulin, which helps move the sugar from the blood to different cells for storage or to provide energy. In people suffering from diabetes, the pancreas does not make enough insulin or the insulin is unable to move the sugar from the blood into the cells.
Diabetes in any form is a condition involving the inability of the body to efficiently carry glucose to the body’s cells and convert it into energy. The key to this issue has to do with the amount of insulin the pancreas produces. However, without sufficient insulin, glucose collects in the bloodstream and is capable of…
There are so many potential complications for diabetes ranging from blindness to limb amputation. For diabetics, it’s important to keep blood sugar levels in check to keep the complications to a minimum. Learn more about out of control diabetes signs, symptoms and management. When I was first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, I was not…
DMP is an app that aims to foster a community for people with diabetes. Here the users can connect with each other and find relevant information about how to properly manage diabetes.
According to statistics, about 4 million people are estimated to be living with diabetes in the UK, and the number is expected to rise to more than 5 million by 2025. Despite this fact, most people still do not have the right information about the disease. With November 14 as the World’s Diabetes Day, here…
According to the American Diabetes Association, nearly 30 million Americans are currently living with diabetes. This condition is one of the leading causes of death in the US—occupying the 7th position. Diabetes is of different types. One category of the condition is an auto-immune response of the body to pancreatic cells. These cells are responsible…
DNA tests were only used very rarely, and for extreme circumstances a few years ago, but are more common today. People are getting them to find out all kinds of things about themselves and even their pets. Among the things you can get checked, is diabetes, or at least the DNA testing companies say that you can….