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Diabetes - A Disease Running Rampant Through Modern Society
Diabetes - A Disease Running Rampant Through Modern Society by Trevor Dace
There are two major variations of the disease - Type 1 and Type 2, and they are totally different in root cause. There is also a strain of the disease known as gestational diabetes that is only suffered by pregnant women.
To understand the disease, we must first appreciate the part that insulin plays in our body. When we eat or drink fructose, glucose or carbohydrates, our system breaks them down into glucose in the blood stream. For us to be able to utilise the glucose to produce energy, the pancreas produces insulin which 'unlocks' receptors in our cells and allows the glucose to enter the cells and be converted into energy.
In Type 1 diabetes the body fails to produce sufficient insulin to regulate blood sugar levels correctly. It is often referred to as insulin dependant diabetes or juvenile diabetes, and it usually occurs in people under 30 years of age.
The condition comes on quite quickly and is recognised by severe thirst brought on by a surplus of glucose in the blood stream. This consequently results in frequent urination, another symptom. It is a chronic condition - in other words, it is a lifelong illness. It is thought to be an auto-immune problem in the pancreas that destroys the insulin producing cells.
Type 1 diabetics comprise between 5-10% of those with diabetes and it is controlled by introducing insulin either by drip feed or more normally by regular injection. There is a danger for type 1 diabetics that they may suddenly lose consciousness and they are also at serious risk of contracting further complications in later life.
There is new technology that has surfaced in the last few years where a transplant of islet cells is done, and even though the patient is required to take drugs to stop the body rejecting the cells, the newly introduced cells are able to produce insulin and trial patients have reported greatly reduced levels of insulin injection. The hope is that the injections may eventually be entirely eliminated through the use of islet cell transplants.
Type 1 diabetics are liable over time to suffer from vascular disorders, micro-sight problems, micro-sight problems and kidney problems due largely to deterioration in their blood vessels.
Type 2 diabetes applies to the vast majority of diabetes cases. Sufferers from type 2 diabetes can produce insulin, but their cell receptors have become resistant to insulin. Their body must therefore produce ever increasing amounts of insulin to be able to 'unlock' the cells so that they can utilise the glucose from the blood stream. Eventually, type 2 diabetics get to the point where they cannot produce enough insulin to reduce the sugar levels in their body.
Type 2 diabetes affects 15-20% of those over the age of 60. A large number of adults have the disease but are undiagnosed. It is quite often recognised during a doctor's check-up following complaints of an infection such as a urinary, skin or chest problem.
Type 2 diabetes can be managed through weight reduction and diet control or with prescription medicines. Although there is a definite genetic link to the disease in a high number of cases, it is brought about by being overweight, a lack of exercise and pursuing a diet full of high glycaemic index carbohydrates (sugar, white bread, white rice and fruit).Exercise, weight management and a diet low in sugars, fructose and processed carbohydrates are acknowledged to be important as avoidance techniques.
More alarming is the recent trend of children being found suffering from Type 2 diabetes. This is almost certainly due to the prevalence of childhood obesity, combined with the shortage of exercise that overweight children take and the diet they follow that is high in carbohydrates and sugar with a high glycaemic index.
Gestational diabetes affects around 4% of women during their pregnancy. Most of them recover from this form of diabetes once the baby has been born, but it does appear to indicate an increased risk of contracting type 2 diabetes later in their lives.
The most recognisable sign of diabetes is constant thirst and frequent urination. Other symptoms include dizziness, constant fatigue, unexplained weight loss, itching and pain in the legs whilst walking.
If diabetes only meant taking insulin for the remainder of your life, it wouldn't be such a serious disorder. Sadly, people suffering from diabetes have a number of increased risks including:
- double the rate of heart disease compared to non-sufferers
- five times the risk of having a stroke
- the most frequent cause of limb amputations discounting accidents
- blindness; of the new cases of blindness in people aged between 24 and 74, diabetes is the most likely cause
- the major cause of end-stage renal disease and over 33% of new cases of kidney disease.
Consistent and accurate management of blood sugars lowers the odds of any of the above occurring.
This article on the causes and treatment of diabetes was written by Terry Cod, a travel writer who himself suffers from the illness. He is the owner of http://www.twistedorange.co.uk/ which has sections on diet and weight loss.
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