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Diabetes is a life-time disease and even if it can be managed relatively easily, it is much better to prevent it than to have to deal with it later. Although you can't prevent Type 1 diabetes, there are many changes in your lifestyle you can take to prevent Type 2 diabetes. |
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When a child is diagnosed with diabetes, this affects the whole family. No, it does not mean that diabetes is an infectious disease. Rather it means that the changes you need to make to your child's dietary and life-style changes will affect everybody in the family. A kid with diabetes needs special care and you as a parent are responsible to provide it. |
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Treatment of diabetes is different depending on the type of diabetes. For Type 2 Diabetes even dietary adjustments and some physical activity might be all that is necessary, while for more severe cases of Type 2 diabetes oral medication can be the cure. For Type 1 Diabetes the treatment consists of insulin injections, in addition to the dietary and life-style changes. |
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Despite all the advances of medicine, it is still not clear why some people get diabetes, while others don't. There are many known causes for diabetes and among the most important are: |
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Type 1 Diabetes, also known as insulin-dependent diabetes or juvenile diabetes is a chronic (life-long) diseases. Type 1 diabetes is a disorder of the immune system because the immune system gradually destroys all insulin producing beta cells of the pancreas, so eventually the organism becomes unable to produce insulin, which in turn leads to the inability of the organism to process sugars properly. As a result of this blood sugar levels rise significantly, which poses a danger to one's health and life. |
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Diabetes is a disease that affects the sugar blood levels. Very often diabetes has been present for many years before it is diagnosed because in many cases some of its symptoms are not clearly manifested or are mistakenly taken as something temporary (i.e. fatigue, thirst and hunger) that will disappear in some time. So, what are the most common symptoms that should ring a bell: |
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General Diabetes