Diabetes

Diabetes

In diabetes, symptoms such as drinking too much water, frequent urination and too much food, and the patient's blood sugar is any time exceeds 200 mg / dl. Fasting blood sugar levels are found to be twice as high as 126 mg / dL. In the second hour of an oral glucose tolerance test, the blood sugar level is above 200 mg / dl. The HbA1c value is determined to be more than 6.5%. Diseases caused by diabetes

1. Diseases associated with damage to small vessels: Retinopathy: The risk of this disease is that people with diabetes are at risk of go blind 25 times higher than people without diabetes. Neuropathy: Develops in about half of diabetics. Burns occur in the feet, numbness, tingling, pinching, and pain. Nephropathy: Nephropathy develops in 5-15% of patients with type 2 diabetes, resulting in decreased kidney function.

2. Diseases associated with damage to large vessels: Coronary artery disease (blockage of the veins of the heart): This is the main cause of cardiovascular disease, morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes. Peripheral vascular disease, Cerebrovascular disease (bleeding and cerebral vascular occlusion, non-vascular diseases: gastroparasis (nausea, vomiting, premature satiety, bloating), diarrhea, or constipation, infectious diseases (pneumonia, urinary tract infections, infections soft tissue), dermatological data (late wound healing and skin ulceration, diabetic spots on the skin, dysfunction of the genitourinary system). Diabetes Treatment The goal of diabetes treatment is to maintain normal blood sugar levels and prevention of microvascular and macrovascular complications caused by diabetes, for increasing life expectancy and improving quality. Diabetes care starts with lifestyle changes, primarily by educating patients,providing healthy diet and exercise. Despite the change in image life if blood sugar does not return to normal oral levels antidiabetic drugs, what we call oral pills, by trying to maintain blood sugar within the normal range. When this treatment is not enough insulin therapy can be started.