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1. What is diabetes? |
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It is a chronic disease associated with high blood glucose level due
to absolute or relative deficiency of a hormone called insulin which releases from
pancreas.
There may or may not be associated resistance to the action of
insulin. Insulin is like a key which opens the gate of the cell to
facilitate glucose entry. Due to deficiency or resistance of insulin
the gate does not open, glucose fails to enter the cell and blood
level of glucose rises resulting in diabetes mellitus.
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2. What are the types of diabetes? |
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There are mainly four types of diabetes
– viz. Type 1 – Who require insulin
from the beginning. Type 2 – The
commoner varieties, diabetes secondary to other diseases like
pancreatitis,
gestational, diabetes mellitus, which is defined as diabetes
detected for the first time during pregnancy. |
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3. What is the problem with diabetes? |
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Diabetes mellitus is a condition where blood glucose level in
chronically raised. As a result of this high blood glucose eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, foot, skin,
non- culoshelital system are affected. Frequently once affected the
disease in the particular organ cannot be revered.
So, prevention is always in time, is better than cure in this case
also. Other than this very high blood glucose can cause acute
emergency and may lead to coma and death. |
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4. How to live with diabetes? |
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Proper life style modification in the first step is controlling the
disease. If necessary drugs are to be taken with proper
compliance. Monitoring blood glucose level frequently and recovery
for complications of the disease at specified time interval can give
valuable time to the physician for successful management.
Remember, if you get diabetes, it does not mean that it is the end
of the road. The most important fact is how will you face it. |
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