Treating Type 2 Diabetes

Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Dealing With Diabetes

I have Type 2 diabetes and have been battling it for several years. So far,so good.I’ve managed to control it but still take medication (glyburide/metmorphin).My objective is to get off the medication. But, to be honest, it’s difficult.The solution sounds simple–change your diet, lose weight, and start an exercise regimen.It’s not easy but it can be done.What gave me the will power to do something about it was a stern warning from my cardiologist–either fix your diabetes problem or look forward to a shoterned, very disabling departure from this mortal coil.This was alarming news, to say the least, as I was almost 60! So I turned over a new leaf–diet and exercise became part of my daily life. And it can be done with the proper incentive, which I now had.You can beat diabetes naturally if you change your lifestyle. It’s interesting to note that there are cultures of people in the world today where Type 2 diabetes is virtually non-existent. So what’s the reason it’s becoming so common here in the U.S..S.?

What id Diabetes?

Some people are born with type 1 diabetes or develop it when they are young children. This type of diabetes requires insulin injections and daily blood sugar monitoring with immediate corrective measures if blood sugar swings are too extreme.Type I diabetes is incurable. Type 1 diabetes accounts for only 5% of the total number of cases. Type 2 diabetes is the one we can effectively control.

Diabetes is a life-threatening disease? Very! The early symptoms of untreated diabetes mellitus are related to the elevated blood sugar, or glucose,levels. Excessive levels of blood sugar reult in higher levels of sugar in your urine. This increases your urination frequncy and that leads to dehydration. Other symptoms include blurred vision, extreme tiredness, and stuborn infections that just seem to take forever to clear up.I myself used to feel lttle sharp pains in my feet and fingers. These are more like sharp “pings” of pain. Later stages of diabetes are nasty–amputation of toes and legs, kidney failure, even blindness.

 

Another form of diabetes, known as gestational diabetes, occurs in some women during pregnancy. It is a temporary condition caused by pregnancy and usually occurs in the later stages, once the baby has formed but is still growing

Although there is currently no cure for diabetes mellitus, it can be controlled successfully with an active treatment plan. The potential benefit of pancreas transplants and islet cell transplants in Type 1 patients is being investigated.

Symptoms of Diabetes?

Most Type 1 sufferers get it early in their lives. The classic signs of diabetes include:

1. More urination as the body tries to get rid of the excess sugar in its blood
2. Extreme thirst, as your body loses fluid through increased urination
3. Increased hunger, because the cells need nutrients
4. Weight loss, because without insulin, the body begins to starve.

The onset of Type 2 diabetes is often very gradual and may develop without any symptoms at all. Most Typ2 2 sufferers don’t know they have it until symptoms develop. It results from inactivity and a poor diet. It’s normally referred to as “Adult Diabetes” because 90% of diabetic sufferers are Type 2 and develop it later in their lives. Sadly, because of our sedentary lifestyle these days and the easy availibility of junk and fast food, we’re seeing more cases of Type 2 diabetes develop among teenagers and even younger children who are obese.

Your weight affects your health in many ways. When someone is overweight, his body can’t make all the inulin it needs to offset the higher levels of blood sugar. It can also cause high blood pressure. The Diabetes Prevention Program, a three-year clinical trial conducted on diabeste patients last year, showed that losing even a few pounds can help reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes because it helps your body use insulin more effectively. In the clinical study people experiencing a 5-7% weight loss saw significant reduction of diabetes risk. So here’s a little bit of info–if you lost twenty pounds, kept it off, started to exercise on a regular basis, your blood sugar levels would drop significantly!

Published by Heart Wellness Store