Diabetes

¿WHAT IS DIABETES?

Diabetes is a chronic condition that is triggered when the body loses its ability to produce enough insulin or use it effectively. Insulin is a hormone made in the pancreas that allows glucose to pass food to the body's cells, where it is converted into energy to work the muscles and tissues. As a result, a person with diabetes does not absorb glucose properly, so that it is circulating in the blood and damaging tissues over time. This deterioration causes the potentially lethal complications for health.

There are three main types of diabetes:

Type 1 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes

Gestational diabetes mellitus

TYPE 1 DIABETES

TYPE 1 DIABETES IS CAUSED BY AN AUTOIMMUNE REACTION IN WHICH THE BODY'S DEFENSE SYSTEM ATTACKS THE INSULIN-PRODUCING CELLS OF THE PANCREAS. AS A RESULT, THE BODY STOPS PRODUCING THE INSULIN IT NEEDS. THE DISEASE CAN AFFECT PEOPLE OF ANY AGE. PEOPLE WITH THIS FORM OF DIABETES REQUIRE DAILY INSULIN INJECTIONS TO CONTROL THEIR BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS. WITHOUT INSULIN, A PERSON WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES WILL DIE.

The symptoms are:

• abnormal thirst and dry mouth

End / lack of energy  fatigue

• constant appetite

• sudden weight loss

• slow wound healing

• recurrent infections

• blurring

TYPE 2 DIABETES

TYPE 2 DIABETES IS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF DIABETES. IT USUALLY OCCURS IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN. IN TYPE 2 DIABETES, THE BODY CAN PRODUCE INSULIN, BUT EITHER NOT ENOUGH OR THE BODY DOES NOT RESPOND TO ITS EFFECTS, CAUSING AN ACCUMULATION OF GLUCOSE SANGRE.LAS PEOPLE WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MAY BE A LONG TIME WITHOUT KNOWING THEIR DISEASE BECAUSE THE SYMPTOMS MAY TAKE YEARS TO APPEAR OR BE RECOGNIZED, DURING WHICH THE BODY IS DETERIORATING DUE TO EXCESS BLOOD GLUCOSE. MANY PEOPLE ARE DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES ONLY WHEN COMPLICATIONS ARISE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL RISK FACTORS FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES:

• OBESITY

• POOR DIET

• LACK OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

• ELDERLY

• FAMILY HISTORY OF DIABETES

• ETHNICITY

• INADEQUATE NUTRITION DURING PREGNANCY AFFECTS THE DEVELOPING CHILD

Unlike people with type 1 diabetes, most of whom have type 2 diabetes do not usually require daily doses of insulin to survive. However, to control the condition could prescribe insulin bound

An oral medication,

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