Sugar Diabetes
Girl with Type 2 Diabetes
Patients with the other form of diabetes were found to have sufficient insulin production but it was not doing its job of getting the sugar from the bloodstream into the cells. By now the name diabetes was in common use for both forms of the disease so they were designated as Type 1 and Type 2 even though they are really different diseases.
Nowadays whilst a lot more is known about both types of diabetes the causes are only speculated with no definitive answer. Heredity plays a part especially in type 2. If other members of your family suffer from it your chances of getting it are greatly increased.
Signs to look for are excessive thirst, especially first thing in the morning, need for frequent urination, unexplained weight loss, fatigue and sometimes blurred vision resulting from the blood sugar imbalance. If you just get one of the symptoms and it is not persistant there is unlikely to be any need to worry but more than one particularly if persistant means you should consult your medical advisor.
Because Type 2 is easier to manage than Type 1 some categorize it as a milder form of diabetes. However, both are very serious conditions and there is no such thing as mild diabetes. The related diseases caused by both forms of diabetes are damage to the eyes, heart, kidneys, liver and the nerves and the blood circulation. Diabetics have a high incidence of blindness because the eyes are usually the first to suffer damage from high blood sugar levels. They also have a high incidence of lower limb amputations arising due to lack of feeling in the legs and feet (nerve damage and reduced blood flow) and they do not notice cuts and lesions which turn septic until too late.
The writer is not medically qualified but as a diabetes sufferer for many years has researched the subject in great detail. If you have any suspicion that you may be diabetic it is essential that you get medical help.
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