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  • Stay healthy with a type 2 diabetes self management plan.
    Accounting for over ninety percent of all cases, type 2 diabetes is the type most frequently diagnosed. Insulin is a hormone that makes energy from sugar and other foods we eat. The first stage of diabetes is insulin resistance. When the body stops producing or properly using insulin, we develop diabetes. As the body's requirements for insulin increases, the pancreas stops making it. While genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise are believed to be key, the exact cause is unknown. Type 2 diabetes self management plans then become a necessary control measure.
  • A guide to type 1 diabetes self management.
    Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that destroys cells that produce insulin in the pancreas. When the body can no longer regulate blood sugar levels, daily injections of insulin are required to sustain life. While the cause of type 1 diabetes is not known, it is generally believed that environment and genetics play a key role.
  • Type 1 diabetes symptoms may appear harmless
    Initially, Type 1 diabetes symptoms may not signal danger. And, sometimes they appear quickly and threatening. Once started, they can progress rapidly over a span of weeks or a few months, and if action is take promptly they are usually diagnosed promptly. The most common type 1 diabetes symptoms seen are:
  • What exactly is the cause of diabetes.
    What is the cause of diabetes? This varies from one type of the disease to another. Questions still abound as to exactly why some people get diabetes and others don't. While it may be some time before all the questions about it are answered, some things are generally considered to be true. Risk factors play a large role. People who eat properly and get regular exercise are generally more healthy and tend to develop fewer risk factors like obesity and high blood pressure. Genetic factors however are beyond our control.
  • The risk factors for type 2 diabetes
    Obesity is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Obesity is found in approximately 55% of patients diagnosed with type 2. The disease is becoming more common due to the growing number of older Americans, increasing obesity, and failure to exercise.
  • The symptoms of type 2 diabetes
    The symptoms of type 2 diabetes can be extremely hard to recognize because there are actually very few of them, and the ones that you may experience are minor, and as a result the disease gets worse. They might in the beginning appear to be of no harm. One might think that they are just the result of being over weight or getting older.
  • What is Adult Type 2 Diabetes?
    Adult type 2 diabetes is today an extremely common occurrence. Many people are not aware that diabetes is actually of three types: type 1 or child diabetes, adult type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes. Type 2 afflicts about on percent of the nation.
  • An Overview of Diabetes
    When the body does not produce or properly use insulin, diabetes results. Diabetes, unqualified, typically is a reference to diabetes mellitus, however there are many rarer conditions also called diabetes. This disease is often diagnosed when an individual endures a problem that is caused by it, such as a stroke, heart attack, neuropathy, wounds not healing, an ulcer on the foot, certain kinds of eye conditions, fungal infections, or delivering a baby with hypoglycemia or macrosomia.
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