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What is Diabetes?
Diabetes mellitus (Diabetes) is a disorder,
which is caused by lack of Insulin production and results in persistent
high blood sugar levels (Hyperglycemia). There are different causes and
types of Diabetes but all with the same result: The body's inability of
efficient use of carbohydrates, we need as for daily life.
Types of Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes
Results from the body's failure to produce insulin. Insulin is a hormone
that allows our body's cells
to enter glucose - in other words, to supply our body with fuel.
Type 2 diabetes
Results from insulin resistance, which means the body's fails to
properly use insulin. Diabetes Type 2
is the most prevalent Type.
Gestational diabetes
Gestational diabetes affects only a smal percentage of all pregnant
women
Pre-diabetes
Pre-diabetes means that a person's blood glucose levels are above normal
but not as high to
be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes.
Causes
Type 1 diabetes
Insulin is produced by
β
cells (islet cells) of the pancreas.
Patients who suffer from type 1 diabetes do have impaired
β-cells
because of an autoimmune process, what leeds to an absolute deficiency
of insulin.
Type 2 diabetes
Disease, which results from insulin
resistence with a relatively deficiency of insulin or a secretory defect
of the pancreatic cells. |
Other
causes
- chronic inflammation of the pancreas
- induced by medicaments: Diazoxid,
Glucocorticoids, thyroid hormones,
- infections, inflammations
Symptoms
- general symptoms: tiredness, reduced
efficiency
- low blood sugar levels (Hypoglycemia):
ravenous appetite, sweating, head ache
- high blood sugar levels (Hyperglycemia):
thirst, reduction of weight, polydipsia, strengthened urge to urinate
- nocturnal cramps, impaired visions
- changes of the skin: itchiness, skin
infections, rubeosis diabetica (the color of the face turns slightly
red)
- sexual disfunction, amenorrhea (the
absence of menstruation)
Therapy
Type 1 diabetes
Injection of insulin, diet, physical
activity, education
Type 2 diabetes
1.Normalisation of body weight, diabetes
diet, physical activity, education
2. Aditionally Metformin and/or
α-glucosidase-inhibitors
3. If the insulinproduction of the patients
has totally shut down, you also need injections of insulin.
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