Learning About the Different Diabetes Types
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Diabetes is a chronic and incurable disease, one that occurs when the body is either not producing enough or any insulin. As a result, the blood sugar level in the body becomes too higher, and diabetes occurs. Insulin is necessary in the body because it is a hormone that helps the cells of the body use the glucose in food, and cells need this energy in order to be able to function properly.
Diabetes Types
There are a few different types of diabetes, three in particular: Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is the least common, and is an auto-immune disease in which the body’s immune system is basically hurting itself, by destroying the insulin-producing beta cells in the process. It can appear at any age, although it tends to develop in younger aged people, typically those under the age of 30.
Type 2 diabetes is much more common, affecting 85-90% of all people with the disease, and it is characterized by insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency. There are many symptoms of this type of diabetes, including increased thirst, increased urination, fatigue, nausea, weight loss in spite of an increased appetite, vomiting, blurred vision, impotence in men, breath odor, cessation of menses, and poor skin turgor.
Then there is the third type of diabetes, known as gestational diabetes, and which commonly occurs in pregnant women. Although there is no known cause of gestational diabetes, there are some risk factors that are considered as being potential triggers of the disease, including increasing maternal age and obesity.
Treatment
No matter what particular type of diabetes you suffer from, the methods of treatment typically remain the same, although it will vary depending on your particular condition, namely the severity and how long you have been suffering from it. Diabetes medication is one of the most commonly prescribed methods of treatment, and after your immediate diagnosis with the disease, this is usually when your doctor will prescribe you with a specific drug regimen.
You also have the option of alternative methods of treatment however, with all natural products rather than the more conventional prescription medications, so make sure that you take this into consideration and choose the type that is going to work best for you. Also simply maintaining a healthy lifestyle in general is going to help you control and manage your condition, and this includes eating a healthy, well-balanced diet and getting lots of cardiovascular exercise.
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