Have you ever been worried that you or someone you may know,
has type 2 diabetes?
Well in this article we're gonna look at what signs to look
out for and what to do about it so in today's article we're going to talk about
the process of blood sugars and the insulin response so we can get a better
understanding of the entire process and then we're going to talk about the
signs of diabetes and we're going to do it in this order so when we eat foods
like carbohydrate it's broken down into glucose which is then absorbed into our
bloodstream which increases our blood sugar levels your body knows that high
blood sugar levels are dangerous so it produces and secretes insulin from the
pancreas and this insulin goes into the bloodstream and takes out excess sugar
from our blood and stores it in the liver, in the muscle and in the fat cells
and I hope that made sense so that was the normal process which allows blood
sugars to maintain a normal level.
But the problem in type 2 diabetes is that
your cells become desensitized to insulin which in the medical world we call
that insulin resistance so the normal process we just spoke about isn't
happening and this is because insulin is constantly elevated in our body and
it's because of many different reasons one of which is eating too many sugary
foods now that we understand the basics of type 2 diabetes let's look at the
sign the signs that should be triggering you to speak to your GP now take these
seriously as early diagnosis and treatment can prevent many future complications.
So let's begin the first sign is increased urination much more so than normal
because your sugar levels are so high not all of it can be reabsorbed and some
glucose ends up in your urine which ends up drawing more water next is
increased thirst and this works hand-in-hand with the increased urination so
you're weeing more and your body needs more water and it all comes down to
osmosis and the sugar in your urine we won't go into that because you haven't
got all day blurred vision which is a loss of sharpness in one or both eyes so
when our blood sugar levels are too high it causes swelling of our lens now
imagine if my camera lens was swollen the image would also be blurry and if this
persists over time it can actually cause something called diabetic retinopathy
and it's actually very problematic and if it's undiagnosed and untreated it can
cause blindness the next sign is something called diabetic neuropathy which is
nerve-related and it happens most commonly in the hands, feet, arms or legs and
the symptoms that you get are tingling and numbness feeling and sometimes even
pain a reduced ability to heal wounds quickly so why does this happen?
Well
again it all comes down to the increased blood sugar levels and this leads to
poorer circulation so less blood with oxygen and nutrients can reach the site
that's damaged to promote healing it's so cold and lastly occurring fungal thrush infections in the genital region, the mouth and certain areas of
the skin now.
It's won't be diabetes always but remember that early diagnosis and
treatment can prevent many future complications I hope you found this
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