Diabetes, yet to Resolve

The name of the disease that is uttered on every lip in almost every nook and corner of this globe is 'Diabetes'.

 According to American Diabetes Association-

17.9m people are diagnosed with diabetes

5.7m people are undiagnosed with diabetes

57m people have pre-diabetes

186,300 (0.22%) people under 20 have diabetes

1 in every 400 to 600 under 20-year olds have Type 1 diabetes

12.2m of those over 60 have diabetes

12m men (11.2%) have diabetes

11.5m women (10.2%) have diabetes

 These statistics make us enough worried when we think of the disease. It is also panic creating if someone of your ancestors had suffered from this disease if you are within your teen there is again no escape from this chronic disease.

What is Diabetes or Diabetes Mellitus?

Diabetes is referred as a metabolic disorder which results in higher glucose level in our blood. Whatever we eat, ultimately that is converted into glucose. Insulin, a hormone secreted from the beta cells of pancreas controls this blood sugar level. But a slight change in this hormone secretion puts us under the curse of diabetes.

 Types of diabetes

 There are basically two types of diabetes, type1 and type 2. Gestational Diabetes is also another type of diabetes. Gestational Diabetes is self resolving and most of the times the pregnant woman recovers from this disease. But type1 and type2 diabetes are yet irrecoverable. Although there are several researches going all around the globe no such fruitful result is obtained till date.

 Diabetes Symptoms

 It may be that you are suffering from diabetes but you feel no difference in your daily activity. You have gone to pathology center for some other disease and found that your blood sugar level is high enough. If the level persists for couple of days you are diabetes affected. Diabetes is a silent killer; it encourages other diseases to do some harm to your body. Such a deadly disease is diabetes. Generally if your blood glucose level stays above 120mg/dL you are under caution. But sometimes due to some other effects in your body help the blood glucose level to increase a bit and afterwards it resolves automatically.

 Common symptoms

1. Frequent urination, especially at night during your sleep

2. Weight gain or weight loss

3. Increase in the level of body urea

4.  Skin infections

5. Poor wound healing

6. Blurred vision

7. Cuts and bruises that turn into severe ulcers

8. Intense hunger

 Although there is no treatment of diabetes it can be prevented at the early days. If you observe any of the above symptoms just consult a doctor and check your blood sugar level.