All About Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a physical and metabolic condition, in which your body is unable to regulate the presence of required quantity of sugar, glucose, in your bloodstream. It is glucose which gives you the much required energy to function effectively in your daily chores, be it walking or running or riding a cycle, or any other activity. Glucose is manufactured by the liver, through the foods that your body takes.
Insulin is the important hormone which regulates glucose levels in the blood, along with other hormones. Pancreas produces Insulin, along with many other enzymes which are instrumental in effectively digesting the food you eat.
Glucose with the help of Insulin moves through blood into liver, muscles, and fat cells, where it is converted into energy or fuel. When you have diabetes your body may not be producing sufficient quantity of insulin, which is called as Type I diabetes, or you cannot make use of insulin properly as in Type II diabetes. Since glucose remains in the blood of a diabetic person, it harms cells, organs and tissues which are exposed to increased levels of glucose. When you have Type II diabetes, which is resistant to insulin, you may suffer from high blood pressure, known as hypertension; your blood having higher content of fat, as seen in serum lipids which will be high, high LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, and high level of triglycerides ins the blood; you may also suffer from obesity, apart from having insufficient reactions to blood clotting and inflammation.
When a person has insulin-resistant type of diabetes, a.k.a. Type II, due to the metabolic syndrome, there will be a possibility of having high blood pressure, blood containing high fat , signified by serum lipids in increased quantities, high LDL, and low HDL cholesterol apart from increased presence of triglycerides, obese and retarded blood clotting process.
When you are afflicted by Type 1 diabetes your body either doesn’t produce or produces small quantities of insulin not sufficient to control glucose in the blood. Over 10% of the entire diabetics in US are suffering from this type, and this usually manifests in childhood or during teenage. It can be found in elderly people whose pancreas is not in a good condition. These diabetics should be given daily insulin dosages.
On the other hand in the Type 2 diabetes there may be production of insulin but the body may not be able to use it. Usually it develops in adults after 45 years, and the individuals are not dependant on insulin. But times are changing as young people are getting this type, and some are required to use insulin. This type can be controlled through a proper diet, losing weight, and oral medicines.
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