ABOUT DIABETES MELLITUS:  Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder. The body fails to produce enough amount of insulin (a hormone which converts sugar into energy). This causes a high level of glucose in blood. Diabetes is classified into mainly three types:

1. Type 1.

2. Type 2.

3. Type 3 (gestational diabetes).

Diabetes is the primary reason for many diseases like adult blindness, renal disorders, cardio vascular diseases etc. therefore chronic disease management of diabetes should be given prior concern.

FACTORS CAUSING DIABETES AND SYMPTOMS SHOWN BY DIABETIC PATIENTS:

The following factors listed below can give you the risk of diabetes:

1. High blood pressure.

2. There is a chance of diabetes if your parents, sister or brother has diabetes.

3. High cholesterol

4. Sluggishness: Lack of physical activities increases the chance of diabetes.

5. Over weight: people having over weight re likely to have diabetes.

A change in life style avoiding these risk factors is the first and foremost step in chronic disease management of diabetes.

The main symptoms exhibited by diabetic patients are the following:

1. Fatigue: the inefficiency of the cells to convert glucose to energy fat is broken down which consumes more energy and hence fatigue.

2. High thirst.

3. Frequent urination.

4. Increased affinity for food.

5. Weight loss.

6. Wound healing slows down: the increased blood sugar level resist the flow of WBC which is the immune system of body. When WBC does not function properly wound healing slows down considerably.

Patients exhibiting these symptoms should be taken for diagnosis tests to confirm whether the disease is diabetes and after confirmation treatment measures are followed.

HOW CAN DIABETES BE CONTROLLED AND PREVENTED?

Once affected diabetes cannot be measured but it can be controlled to a great extent by change in lifestyle and proper medications. In fact chronic disease management of diabetes mainly deals with these preventive and control measures. Prevention of diabetes is possible by avoiding all the risk factors listed above.

Control of diabetes can be achieved by the below listed steps:

1. Following a nutritional scheme avoiding all high calorie foods.

2. Following one or more hours of strict exercise routines.

3. Medication measures: Medicines for diabetes can be consumed orally and can also be injected directly as insulin. With the medical availability of insulin diabetes is no longer a threat to normal life style.

 

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