Diabetes Overview

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What is Diabetes or Diabetes Mellitus?

Diabetes is a clinical syndrome having high blood sugar levels along with an extra amount of glucose present in urine. Having high blood glucose levels or high blood sugar levels is known as Hyperglycemia. There are many causes of Hyperglycemia, but main causes are type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Diabetes can be caused due to lack of insulin or insulin resistance. Medically, Diabetes is referred as Diabetes Mellitus. Mainly diabetes is a metabolic disorder.

As per WHO (World Health Organization Jahlil Okafor Jersey , in 1980, the number of people with diabetes was 108 million that has raised to 422 million in 2014. (Source: WHO)

Diabetes is a chronic disease (long standing disease). The pancreas is one of the body organs that produces Insulin. Insulin is one type of hormone that regulates blood sugar levels in the body. Diabetes is mainly due to when there is insulin deficiency, means pancreas fails to produce enough insulin required for a body to maintain blood sugar levels or when the pancreas produces enough insulin but body fails to use that insulin produced by the pancreas. Lack of insulin affects the metabolism of carbohydrates R. J. Barrett Jersey , proteins, and fats that can lead to water and electrolyte imbalance. Long-standing diabetes can cause structural as well as functional changes in body organs such as eyes, kidney or nervous system of the body.

Worldwide types 2 diabetes patients are more common rather than type 1 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is mainly associated with obesity Cameron Reddish Jersey , unhealthy diet, lazy lifestyle and increasing urban craze.

Normal Blood Sugar Levels

Searching whether you are having normal blood sugar levels or having high blood sugar levels or low blood sugar levels? and for that, you must know the normal blood sugar levels.

Normal blood sugar levels for healthy individuals are:

Fasting blood glucose level ranges from 72 to 108 mgdL
Two hours after eating blood glucose level should be up to 140 mgdL
Random blood glucose level should be below 200 mgdL


Normal blood sugar levels for diabetic patients are:

Before having meal Cheap Duke Blue Devils Jerseys , blood glucose level should be from 72 to 126 mgdL for both type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes
After having meal, blood glucose level should be below 162 mgdL for type 1 diabetes and below 154 mgdL for type 2 diabetes
Random blood glucose level should be 200 mgdL or more
Types of Diabetes or Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes or Diabetes Mellitus are mainly having two types: Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes.

Type 1 Diabetes

Previously, Type 1 diabetes was known as Insulin Depended Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM). Type 1 diabetes is mainly due to insufficient production of Insulin required for a body to maintain blood glucose level by the pancreas. This type of diabetes requires insulin from outside.

What causes Type 1 Diabetes?

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease. Of this type Zion Williamson Blue Devils Jersey , there is a destruction of beta cells in the pancreatic islets that are responsible for the production of insulin. This insulin deficiency causes high blood sugar levels in the body which end up with to diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes may be associated with other diseases that are autoimmune too, such as Thyroid disease, Addison’s disease Trevon Duval Blue Devils Jersey , Coeliac disease or Vitiligo.

Some other causes for type 1 diabetes are:

Some hormones released due to stress may lead to type 1 diabetes.
Diet and type 1 diabetes: Smoked and meat containing nitrosamines and coffee are toxins causing diabetes.
Some parents are found not giving breastfeeding to their baby in early infancy. There is bad news for them because if they are giving cow’s milk to their babies. Because cow’s milk has Bovine serum albumin (BSA) in it may cause type 1 diabetes.


Viral infection to beta cells producing pancreas islets leads to type 1 diabetes. This kind of viruses are mumps, rubella, Epstein-Barr virus Marvin Bagley III Blue Devils Jersey , retroviruses, cytomegalovirus, etc.
Some studies have shown that in childhood if a child fails to get exposure to microorganisms Grant Hill Blue Devils Jersey , limits child body’s immune system to get developed. This can increase the risk to autoimmune disease.
Type 1 Diabetes Symptoms

Type 1 diabetes symptoms may include:

Glycosuria (Excessive presence of sugar In the urine)
Weight Loss
Thirst
Fatigue
Polyuria (Excessive production of urine)
Infections
Nocturia (Excessive urination during night)
Type 2 Diabetes

Previously type 2 diabetes was known as Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes (NIDDM). In type 2 diabetes, a patient has the capacity to produce insulin required for the body. But body fails to use that insulin due to insulin resistance. This is the most common form of diabetes in the world.

What causes Type 2 Diabetes?

Type 2 diabetes is complex condition rather than type 1 diabetes due to relative insulin deficiency caused by resistance to insulin action and dysfunction of beta cells.

Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms

Type 2 diabetes symptoms are like that of type 1 diabetes such as:

Glycosuria (Excessive presence of sugar In the urine)
Weight Loss
Thirst
Fatigue
Polyuria (Excessive production of urine)
Infections
Nocturia (Excessive urination during night)