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Diabetes is a life-long disease marked by high levels of sugar in the blood.
High blood levels of glucose can cause several problems, including frequent urination, excessive thirst, hunger, fatigue, weight loss, and blurry vision. However, because type 2 diabetes develops slowly, some people with high blood sugar experience no symptoms at all. Symptoms of type 1 diabetes:
Diabetes is a life-long disease marked by high levels of sugar in the blood.
High blood levels of glucose can cause several problems, including frequent urination, excessive thirst, hunger, fatigue, weight loss, and blurry vision. However, because type 2 diabetes develops slowly, some people with high blood sugar experience no symptoms at all. Symptoms of type 1 diabetes: Patients with type 1 diabetes usually develop symptoms over a short period of time, and the condition is often diagnosed in an emergency setting.
Diabetes can be caused by too little insulin (a hormone produced by the pancreas to control blood sugar), resistance to insulin, or both. To understand diabetes, it is important to first understand the normal process of food metabolism. Several things happen when food is digested: People with diabetes have high blood sugar. This is because their pancreas does not make enough insulin or their muscle, fat, and liver cells do not ...
There is no cure for diabetes. Treatment involves medicines, diet, and exercise to control blood sugar and prevent symptoms and complications. LEARN THESE SKILLS Basic diabetes management skills will help prevent the need for emergency care. These skills include:
Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911) if symptoms of ketoacidosis occur: Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number if symptoms of extremely low blood sugar (hypoglycemic coma or severe insulin reaction) occur:
Emergency complications include diabetic hyperglycemic hyperosmolar coma . Long-term complications include:
With good blood glucose and blood pressure control, many of the complications of diabetes can be prevented. Studies have shown that strict control of blood sugar and blood pressure levels in persons with diabetes helps reduce the risk of kidney disease, eye disease, nervous system disease, heart attack, and stroke.
Maintaining an ideal body weight and an active lifestyle may prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes. Currently there is no way to prevent type 1 diabetes.
A urine analysis may be used to look for glucose and ketones from the breakdown of fat. However, a urine test alone does not diagnose diabetes. The following blood glucose tests are used to diagnose diabetes:
Standards of medical care in diabetes--2007. Diabetes Care . Jan 2007;30 Suppl 1:S4-S41. Larsen PR, Kronberg HM, Schlomo M, et al. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology . 10th ed. St. Louis, Mo: WB Saunders; 2003:1427-1468, 1485-1504. Armstrong C. ADA Releases Standards of Medical Care for Patients with Diabetes. Am Fam Physician . Sept 2006; 74(5); 871-874. Caballero E. Prediabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab . Jan 2007; 92(1); 15A-16A.
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