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Diabetes Mellitus is commonly called as "diabetes," which means "sweet urine". Diabetes mellitus means "to flow, honey" in Greek. Diabetes affects the ability of the body to produce or react to insulin. Insulin is the hormone that permits glucose (blood sugar) to penetrate the cells of the human body and to be utilized for energy.
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Fundamental Facts About Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus is commonly called as "diabetes," which means "sweet urine". Diabetes mellitus means "to flow, honey" in Greek. Diabetes affects the ability of the body to produce or react to insulin. Insulin is the hormone that permits
glucose (blood sugar) to penetrate the cells of the human body and to be utilized for energy.
Diabetes is the outcome of the defects in secretion of insulin, insulin action or both. In diabetes, large amount of glucose are kept in the blood. High levels of
glucose (hyperglycemia) are the causes of glucose spill in the urine. As outcome of high levels of blood sugar or glucose, two problems will happen:
body cells get ravenous for energy, and the elevated glucose levels may damage the nerves, kidney, eyes, heart and blood vessels.
Diabetes is a lifelong illness but not contagious or infectious like flu or cold. Men having diabetes frequently have dysfunction on erection which may begin
prior to the analysis of diabetes is done. It is suggested that men having unexplained dysfunction on erection be monitored for diabetes by means of
fasting blood sugar test. The normal level of blood sugar is 65 - 140, high sugar level is 250 - 350 and very high sugar level is over 350.
The pancreas discharges a hormone known as glycogen. The liver and muscles change their accumulated glycogen back to the glucose. When the
accumulated glycogen is utilized, the liver, small intestines and liver may shatter down protein to glucose.
Symptoms of diabetes include:
Signs of diabetes include the following: excessive thirst, excessive urination, extreme hunger, unusual weight loss, extreme fatigue, irritability, nausea,
vomiting, thrush and sweet smelling breath.
There are four main types of diabetes:-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM)
-Non Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NDDM)-Gestational Diabetes-Secondary Diabetes
Secondary diabetes mellitus is a disease wherein the blood sugar scale is elevated as result of another medical situation. This disease also develops if the pancreatic tissue in charge for the creation of insulin is absent since it is
damaged.
