hey, so, my dad has diabetes but i dont know much about it, it’s kinda awkward to ask, as you would know if you had met my dad.
all i know is that he can’t eat sugar and he takes pills.
i know basic stuff about it from school, like there are two types and it is about your bodies insulin supply, but i just wanna know how it affects people in their day to day life and stuff.
thanks
Your pancrease doesn’t produce enough insulin to keep your blood sugars in normal range. So you haveto watch your diet
by not eating lots of fats and sugars. Medication and exercise can control diabetes, and sometimes you can get off of the pills. Weight is a big factor. if you don’t eat right it could cause problems with your sugar and you could end up on insulin injections. when this happens, it may take up to a year to get your sugars under control, and then there is no cure from that point on. you also have to watch your feet because you can loose blood flow from nerve damage and you might now even know and your feet and toes start to turn pruple and then you have to have and amputation. It is a disease you have to watch closely. It affects your eyesight and nerves, and kidney function. there are alot of books out there. Try your local library and do some reading. there is too much information for me to cover in this answer.
ok, well, Diabetics And Hypertension are the disease which when comes to a human being, it goes with them only, ( i mean it can not be cured ), all u just need to do is take precautions,
Do nots of Diabetics:
1. do not take any type of glucose, like maltose, lactose, sukrose . etc.
2. if blood sugar level is too high , then aviod taking junk food ( it might lead to infection ), avoid any wounds or rashes , as high sugar level will not help in the cure of this things,
3. do not take Alcohol in excess, one can take small dose of wine in a week, but not everday.
do’s of Diabetics:
1. if have healthy body , try doing some excercise, go for a walk daily, or Jog.
2. try to burn ur calories by any means, by excercise or working out, or evan by sex one can also burn his/her calories.
In day to day life one cannot eat any thing of his choice, this is the major drawback of having diabetics.
Just take care of ur DAD.
Diabetes mellitus or diabetes is a syndrome characterized by disordered metabolism and inappropriately high blood sugar (hyperglycaemia) resulting from either low levels of the hormone insulin or from abnormal resistance to insulin’s effects coupled with inadequate levels of insulin secretion to compensate.The characteristic symptoms are excessive urine production (polyuria), excessive thirst and increased fluid intake (polydipsia), and blurred vision. These symptoms are likely absent if the blood sugar is only mildly elevated.
The World Health Organization recognizes three main forms of diabetes mellitus: type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes (occurring during pregnancy), which have different causes and population distributions. while, ultimately, all forms are due to the beta cells of the pancreas being unable to produce sufficient insulin to prevent hyperglycemia, the causes are different. Type 1 diabetes is usually due to autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic beta cells. Type 2 diabetes is characterized by insulin resistance in target tissues. this causes a need for abnormally high amounts of insulin and diabetes develops when the beta cells cannot meet this demand. Gestational diabetes is similar to type 2 diabetes in that it involves insulin resistance; the hormones of pregnancy can cause insulin resistance in women genetically predisposed to developing this condition.
Gestational diabetes typically resolves with delivery of the child, however types 1 and 2 diabetes are chronic conditions. All types have been treatable since insulin became medically available in 1921. Type 1 diabetes, in which insulin is not secreted by the pancreas, is directly treatable only with injected or inhaled insulin, although dietary and other lifestyle adjustments are part of management. Type 2 may be managed with a combination of dietary treatment, tablets and injections and, frequently, insulin supplementation. while insulin was originally produced from natural sources such as porcine pancreas, most insulin used today is produced through genetic engineering, either as a direct copy of human insulin, or human insulin with modified molecules that provide different onset and duration of action. Insulin can also be delivered continuously by a specialized pump which subcutaneously provides insulin through a changeable catheter.
Diabetes can cause many complications. Acute complications (hypoglycemia, ketoacidosis or nonketotic hyperosmolar coma) may occur if the disease is not adequately controlled. serious long-term complications include cardiovascular disease (doubled risk), chronic renal failure, retinal damage (which can lead to blindness), nerve damage (of several kinds), and microvascular damage, which may cause impotence and poor healing. Poor healing of wounds, particularly of the feet, can lead to gangrene, which may require amputation. Adequate treatment of diabetes, as well as increased emphasis on blood pressure control and lifestyle factors (such as not smoking and keeping a healthy body weight), may improve the risk profile of most aforementioned complications. in the developed world, diabetes is the most significant cause of adult blindness in the non-elderly, the leading cause of non-traumatic amputation in adults, and diabetic nephropathy is the main illness requiring renal dialysis in the United States.
lose weight and maintain healthy weight
dun smoke.
dun take alcohol.
exercise daily, brisk walk 1/2 hr daily
cut down simple carb food
take complex carb food e.g. brown rice, multigrains, wholemeal, wheat, oats, multigrains.. etc
take low GI food
Well I’m guessing your dad has type 2.( He may be able to get rid of it someday) its not he can’t eat sugar he can’t eat alot of it. Just like anything with carbs.He now has to count them. My daughter is (type1) at 11 it’s hard on all of us here.My mom also had it and died ask your dad support him,go threw it together. I wish my mom would of shared more about it when i was younger and she was still here. I only remember the bad stuff cause its all I seen.
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