Treating Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is the type of diabetes that commonly occurs in people. In this condition, our pancreas most likely do not produce as much insulin necessary for our body or our body's cells do not recognize the insulin created by our pancreas. Insulin is necessary for us to move because it is the substance that brings the glucose to the cells. If the insulin malfunctions, glucose builds up in our blood and is not distributed to our cells. Our cells will be starved without glucose thus creating problems for our body in the form of disease and sicknesses.
Complications Of Type 2 Diabetes
Having type 2 diabetes can result to complications that affect our heart, our nerves, our kidneys and our eyes. These conditions may be due to a combination of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. The glucose in our blood stream eventually builds up in the arterials walls causing the arteries and blood vessels to narrow and restrict blood flow. This can result to heart disease, heart attacks or strokes.
Signs Of Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes can be easily noticed if you are vigilant regarding the symptoms of diabetes. These signs of type 2 diabetes include extraordinary feeling of thirst, frequent urination, frequent drinking of fluids, fatigue, blurry vision, numbness or tingling sensation of the extremities and many others. Some of the early signs of type 2 diabetes are difficult to notice because they are not unusual.
Usually, the very first symptom of type 2 diabetes is an elevated blood sugar level. You can monitor your blood sugar level by testing your blood. The test just requires a small amount of blood to be placed in a device to measure your blood sugar level. Your blood sugar level has no visible effects so you must be vigilant regarding other symptoms. Since glucose in the blood is impossible to detect unless you are tested for it, you might want to submit yourself to testing yearly to be able to monitor your blood sugar better.
People affected by type 2 diabetes are usually those that come from specific ethnic backgrounds such as American Indians, Pacific Islanders, Hispanic and Afro-Caribbean. Nowadays, through interracial marriages almost anybody can have diabetes because most of us come from different races.
The early detection of pre-diabetes or diabetes can help you manage and control your condition. This will also help to prevent or lessen the risk of complications borne from the type 2 diabetes.
