Friday, February 12, 2010

What is diabetes mellitus


What is diabetes mellitus?

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Diabetes mellitus is impaired insulin secretion and variable degrees of peripheral insulin resistance leading to hyperglycemia. Early symptoms are related to hyperglycemia and include polydipsia, polyphagia, and polyuria. Later complications include vascular disease, peripheral neuropathy, and predisposition to infection. Diagnosis is by measuring plasma glucose. Treatment is diet, exercise, and drugs that reduce glucose levels, including insulin and oral antihyperglycemic drugs. Prognosis varies with degree of glucose control. ABCs for good Diabetes Care. (1) Get your Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) test done at least twice a year. (Target: Below 7). (2) Albuminuria. Get your urine micro-albumin test done atleast twice a year. (Target: Below 30). (3) Aspirin Check with your doctor if you need to take aspirin daily. (4)Blood pressure. Get your blood pressure checked every visit. (Target: Below 130/80 mm Hg) (5)Cholesterol Get your LDL (bad cholesterol) levels checked at least once a year. (Target: Below 100 mg/dL). Triglycerides. (Target: Less than 150 mg/dL) Serum Cholesterol (Target: Less than 200 mg/dL) HDL (good cholesterol) (Target: More than 50 mg/dL) (6)Diabetes Education. Know about diabetes & get updated regularly. (7)Eye exam. Get your eyes examined regularly, get checked at least once a year. (8)Teeth. Get your teeth examined by a Dentist and get tartar (plaque) removed once in a year. (9)Foot care. Check your feet daily . Request your doctor to check them every visit. Get an extensive foot examination done once in a year. (10)Glucose (Sugar) test. Control your blood glucose & do self-monitoring as & when required. (Target: Fasting blood sugar 60-100 mg/dL; Postprandial blood sugar 2 hours after food-Less than 140 mg/dL) (11)Health life style. Exercise regularly & stay healthy. (12)Identify special medical needs. Voice your health concerns to your doctor . Follow your doctor’s advice. Please see the web pages for more details on Diabetes Mellitus.
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Its TYPE 1 diabetes which requires you to inject insulin and test your blood glucose levels in order to stay well. If not kept under control it can cause lots of other medical difficulties.
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diabetes = urinate alot mellitus = sugar The pancrease makes insulin. Insulin is needed in the blood to let sugar into cells. Think of it like a key that lets the sugar in. If the sugar can't get into the cells, it builds up in the blood and this causes a water shift in the body from inside the cells into the blood. When there is too much water in the blood circulation, the kidneys make you pee it out. Diabetics are hungry and thirsty all the time if they don't keep their blood sugar under control. When all the sugar is in the blood and it can't get into the cells because there is no insulin or the insulin isn't working, it's like the person is starving in the midst of plenty. DM Type I usually occurs in childhood, the pancrease doesn't work and the patient is dependent on an outside source of insulin DM Type II usually occurs later in life, the cells in the body become resistant to insulin because of a lifetime of high sugar diets and no exercise. Alot of time DM-II is controlled with drugs like Glucophage and is not outside insulin dependent
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It's when your body can't remove sugar out of your blood, a process that your organs and other tissues need for energy and survival. Instead the sugar is eliminated in urine, which makes your pee sweet. Uncontrolled diabetes starves your body and ultimately kills you.






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