About Diabetes Disease: Blood Sugar Control Can Prevent Many Diabetes Complications and Early Death
People with diabetes disease have blood sugar levels that are above normal. Out-of-control blood sugar due to diabetes can cause serious health complications, including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, nerve damage and lower-extremity amputations. Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to pregnancy complications — birth defects are more common in babies born to women with diabetes.
The best way to prevent diabetes complications is through medication as well as regular blood sugar monitoring and good blood sugar control.
Carbohydrates, such as fruits and vegetables, as well as other food we eat are turned into sugar or glucose that our bodies use for energy. The pancreas makes insulin hormone to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies. When you have diabetes, your body doesn’t make enough insulin or the insulin it makes doesn’t work as well as it should. This causes your blood sugar to build up.
Diabetics have a higher risk of having a heart attack and stroke. In addition, some prescription medications for diabetics are linked to serious side-effects, including cancer, heart attack and stroke.
Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States:
* Diabetes-related complications cause over 200,000 deaths each year.
* More than 23.6 million Americans have diabetes.
* About 5.7 million Americans don’t know that they have diabetes disease!
* Diabetes is likely to be under-reported as the underlying cause of death on death certificates.
__ In 2004, heart disease was noted on 68% of diabetes-related death certificates among people ages 65 years or older.
__ Stroke was noted on 16% of diabetes-related death certificates for the same age group.
How do you avoid diabetic complications and early death due to diabetes? The best way to prevent diabetes complications is through regular blood sugar monitoring and good blood sugar control as well as medication. By managing your diabetes effectively, you can avoid pain and suffering from diabetic complications as well as early death.
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It’s different for everyone. You may get emotional, feel depressed, angry, frustrated or just shocked. It’s essential that you don’t keep your feelings bottled up. Talk to a family member or close friend to help release the tension that’s practically guaranteed to exist at first because you’re stepping into unknown territory. If you know someone with diabetes, you may have some knowledge but until you have it yourself, the full implications can be hard to comprehend. In fact, it could take weeks to really understand what you have, what symptoms occur and what treatment options are available.
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Thank you for your comments, brendixen!
Diabetes can affect many organs in our body. Fortunately, diabetics can prevent potential complications with diet, exercise and medication, if necessary. Blood sugar monitoring is critical in letting diabetics know if their diet, exercise and necessary medications are *effectively* keeping their blood sugar sufficiently controlled.
I hope your husband can avoid problems with his diabetes. Good luck with everything!
Allie
My husband got diabetes and it was then we know and got so many information about the cause of diabetes. It is known as the father of all disease since it complicates many organs once you got that disease. So you are really true about making your sugar in a normal level to prevent any diseases that can lead to your early demise.
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Thanks for your comments, Iya!
You’re right! If you can lose weight by exercising and eating healthy, you can prevent complications from diabetes. However, taking diabetes medications may not be avoidable for some people.
If you have to take any prescription medication for diabetes or any other health issues, be mindful of potential side-effects. Any health changes or issues should always be mentioned to your health care provider.
Allie
If you are diagnosed with diabetes in its early stages, you’ll be advised to lose weight if you’re overweight, exercise more, improve your diet (choose the same low-fat, semi-vegetarian diet that is known to lower the risk of heart disease and cancer), and quit smoking if you smoke. The goal of early detection is to avoid diabetes medications, or at least postpone or minimize their use, not merely to start drug therapy earlier.
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