all you need to know about diabetes

How It's Caused

Diabetes is a disease which is caused by the lack of insulin production in the pancreas and that is caused either by 2 reasons. One reason is the genes which come from another family member. For example if any of your family member has diabetes then there is a chance that you might also get diabetes because of them as the genes will get transferred. One more reason by which diabetes is caused is the internal weakness pancreas cells. This means that there is a chance that by birth you might be having weak pancreas cells. If this happens then you might get diabetes at any age when your pancreas cells become weak and when they cannot burn glucose.

When the pancreas gets weak then you might get diabetes

Types of Diabetes

Diabetes is mainly of 2 types. The first type of diabetes is diabetes type 1. It is also caused due to the same reasons but the basic difference is that in this type of diabetes your pancreas cells might be very weak and they might not be producing any insulin which will not help you in controlling your glucose. . The second type of diabetes is called diabetes type 2 in which the pancreas will create a very little amount of insulin or sometimes no at all. In this type of diabetes it is still easy for a person to control his glucose as some insulin is produced by the pancreas but still the insulin production is not sufficient. That is why that person will need to take some amount of insulin externally.

Symptoms of Diabetes

There are few symptoms of diabetes which will let you know that someone who shows such symptoms might have caught diabetes. A few of those symptoms are-

1. Feeling of too much thirst- this usually happens in the initial stages of diabetes when you don't even know and your pancreas will not be creating any insulin so you might feel thirstier.


2. Too much of urination- When diabetes starts then all he glucose which comes out of your body comes out in the form of urine so you will get more urine than normal if you have got diabetes.

How to Control Your Diabetes

Diabetes is not a very easy disease to control. There are many sacrifices which a person has to do if he wants to control his diabetes. Now technology has developed and there is a new machine called a glucometer which helps in checking blood sugar and it will allow you to know what is your blood sugar. You need to just prick your fingers and then put the blood and it will tell your glucose content in your blood. There is a new invention which is called insulin pump in which you don't need to do anything but you just need to connect it to your stomach and adjust the doses and then the insulin will go in your blood.

The picture show a person pricked his finger so to check his glucose.

Injections

Being a diabetic you not only have to eat plain foods but you also need to bare the pain of insulin injections. If you get diabetes then according to your diet, age and weight you will need to take different number of injections per day. You can put injections ate the arms, abdomen, thighs and arms.

Below is a picture which shows how young people are taking injections.

She is taking an injection in her arm.

Taking injection in the abdomen is very painful.

My Experience with Diabetes

I am a diabetic since 8 years and I have still not been able to control my glucose. Being a diabetic I am not at all allowed to take any sugary or any fatty food as this will increase my glucose. Being a diabetic is a real tough job and I have to be real careful with my diet. At the present I am taking insulin injections 3 times a day. I have to be very active so that I can burn all the extra sugar and glucose from my body. It is a difficult job to be a diabetic. I am not allowed to eat any sweets or any food like butter in a high quantity as this will increase my glucose.

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