Diabetes is a chronic disease. Diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. If you are a newly diagnosed diabetic, here is just what you need to know:
The common types of diabetes are: type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes, of which type 2 diabetes has the largest number of people.
What are the causes of diabetes
Type 1 diabetes:
The cause is a defect in the autoimmune system.
A variety of autoimmune antibodies can be detected in the blood of patients with type 1 diabetes, such as glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies (GAD antibodies), islet cell antibodies (ICA antibodies), etc.
These abnormal autoantibodies can damage the B cells that secrete insulin in the human pancreatic islets, preventing them from secreting insulin normally.
Type 2 diabetes:
1. Genetic factors.
2. Obesity: Obesity with fat concentrated in the abdomen is more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those with fat concentrated on the buttocks and thighs.
3. Age: After the age of 40, diabetes is most likely to occur.
4. Bad lifestyle: smoking, drinking, staying up late, sitting for long periods of time, overeating, not exercising, long-term stress, etc.
Causes of gestational diabetes:
1. The amount of hormone secretion increases, and the body cannot secrete more insulin to resist rising blood sugar.
2. Obesity.
3. Eat too much and move too little.
What are the symptoms of diabetes
1. Polyuria and thirst
Due to the rise in blood sugar, the body cannot fully utilize it, so the kidneys excrete the unusable sugar into the urine and also excrete the water in the body. Therefore, polyuria will occur, and the amount of urine will be large. Due to excessive urination, the body will need water. The phenomenon of thirst.
2. Hunger
Because the body cannot fully utilize the sugar in the blood, the body lacks energy, which is often accompanied by hunger and a desire to eat.
3. Weight changes
When the glucose in the blood cannot be fully utilized, the human body will begin to absorb fat stored in the body to supplement heat energy, and rapid weight loss will occur.
4. Vision loss
High blood sugar may cause retinopathy, blurred vision, eye fatigue and other conditions.
5. Other possible symptoms
Symptoms include muddy black skin on the body that cannot be washed off; itchy skin; foam in the urine; itching of the vulva; difficulty in healing wounds; abnormal menstruation; impotence and other symptoms.
The causes of diabetes are very complex and are still unclear. The symptoms of diabetes may not necessarily be more or less. The above symptoms may be caused by diabetes. If you are not sure whether you have diabetes, it is best to go to the hospital for a blood test. assay!
