BASICS OF DIABETES YOU NEED TO KNOW

WHAT IS DIABETES ???

In simple terms, Diabetes refers to uncontrolled blood glucose due to either deficiency of INSULIN (TYPE 1 DIABETES ) or due to its decreased secretion in your body from your pancreas or inability of cells to utilize the available INSULIN (TYPE 2 DIABETES ).

One in every 25 people is affected by diabetes.

WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF DIABETES  ??

TYPE 1 DIABETES-This occurs due to the hereditary deficiency of islets cell of langerhans producing insulin in your body.

TYPE 2 DIABETES -

This occurs due to mostly decrease in the utilisation of INSULIN by body's cells that further depends on following predisposing factors:

1. A sedentary lifestyle. 

2. Family history of diabetes.

3. Old age.

4. Body Mass Index above 30.

5. Wrong food habits with lot of CARBOHYDRATES.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN YOUR BODY IN DIABETES ???

Whatever we eat gets broken down into glucose ,protein or fat and are absorbed at the end in our digestive system and further used as fuel in our body.

Talking about GLUCOSE  , its quantity is regulated by the INSULIN (produced from pancreas ).

Due to various factors , if the insulin is not utilised properly or decreased in lesser quantity , the GLUCOSE level increases and causes various harmful effects on every organ of our body , leading to  the following symptoms .

SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES 

1. FREQUENT AND EXCESSIVE URINATION 

2. EXCESSIVE THIRST AND DRY MOUTH

3. EXCESSIVE HUNGER 

4. WEIGHT LOSS 

5. FATIGUE 

6. SLOW HEALING OF WOUNDS

7. ITCHING OF SKIN WITH FUNGAL INFECTION