Prevention of Diabetes and Complications

Diabetes Types and Symptoms

Diabetes is a number of diseases that involve problems with the hormone insulin. Pancreas (an organ behind the stomach) releases insulin to help your body store and use the sugar and fat from the food you eat. Diabetes is a  disease of lifetime. Normally, body breaks down the sugars and carbohydrates we take into a special sugar called glucose. Glucose fuels the cells in body. Insulin is required by the cells in order to take in the glucose and use it for energy. It describes a group of metabolic diseases where the person has high blood glucose either due to insulin production is inadequate (or) the body's cells do not respond properly to insulin or both.
Diabetes if left untreated can eventually cause heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness, and nerve damage to nerves in the feet.
Retinopathy: Blurred or distorted vision or difficulty in reading. Development of Floaters or spots in your vision. There may be partial or total loss of vision.
 Nephropathy : Nephropathy is most common symptom of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. A sudden rise in potassium levels in your blood (hyperkalemia). Symptom include worsening of blood pressure and swelling of feet
Neuropathy: Signs and symptoms mainly depend upon type of neuropathy that develops. Regardless of the cause, neuropathy is associated with characteristic symptoms.In peripheral neuropathy damage to sensory nerves is common. Signs include Low blood sugar levels (hypoglycemia) are associated with trembling, sweating, and palpitations.