The number of diabetic patients is increasing day by day. About 537 million people worldwide, between the ages of 20-79, all suffer from diabetes. (As per IDF Diabetes Atlas 10th edition 2021 data).
What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a disease caused by lack of insulin hormone. In this disease, the body’s ability to use glucose (sugar) is lost or reduced. Glucose cannot enter cells. As a result, it stays in the blood.
Once diagnosed with diabetes, it never gets better; But it can be controlled. Diabetes is not a bad disease. So it is wise to control it without fearing it.
Why does diabetes occur?
Diabetes is a type of metabolic disorder. In this case, the body cannot produce and use enough insulin. In many cases, insulin is completely lost
After eating any food, our body breaks down the sugars in that food into sugar (glucose). A hormone called insulin, released from the pancreas, tells the body’s cells to take up sugar. This sugar acts as fuel or energy for the body.
Diabetes occurs when the body cannot produce insulin or it does not work properly. As a result, sugar starts to accumulate in the blood.
What are the symptoms of diabetes?
- Frequent hunger pangs
- Weak eyesight
- Feeling tired and weak
- Frequent urination
- Skin infection
- skin eruption
- Dry skin
- Loss of body weight
- Frequent thirst
Ways to prevent diabetes:
If someone is affected by diabetes, important organs including kidney, heart, liver, foot problems can be slowly damaged. For this, the prevention of diabetes needs to be emphasized. Due to urbanization and changing lifestyle, the number of patients with diabetes is increasing. Therefore, lifestyle changes are necessary to control diabetes.
- Exercise regularly
- Lose excess weight
- Eating fibrous foods
- Have breakfast in the morning
- Reduce stress
- stop smoking
Follow doctor’s advice: Control sugar as much as possible. Cholesterol levels usually increase by eating foods high in fats and carbohydrates. Check your blood cholesterol level from time to time on doctor’s advice. If there is more, it should be brought under control. Maintain normal blood sugar levels by following your doctor’s advice.
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