“There is also the presence of damaging immune system cells.” Another risk factor is what you consume, low vitamin D and eating cereals at any age before 4 months can predispose a child developing diabetes in the near future. Where you live can also put you at risk for having type 1....
What Is Diabetes? Diabetes is a disease that involves problems with the way your body makes or manages the hormone insulin. It's also known as diabetes mellitus. Normally, your pancreas (an organ behind the stomach) releases insulin to help your body store and use the sugar and fat from t...
Discusses the importance of exercise on diabetic body and in overall health. How and why exercise helps people with diabetes according to a study done by Gerald Shulman of Yale Diabetes Endocrine Research Center; List of reactions to watch for during exercise; Exercise tips for diabetic person. ...
What Causes the Different Types of Diabetes? Type 1 diabetes Type 1 diabetes is not contagious like a cold or chickenpox: people cannot catch it from one another. Nor do people get Type 1 diabetes suddenly. It usually takes months or years to develop in a person's body. Despite what ...
What is diabetes? Diabetesopens in a new tabrefers to a group of conditions that affect how the body uses sugar in your blood (glucose) and causes it to rise to higher-than-normal levels. Insulin is a hormone that helps move sugar from the blood into the cells, where it’s used for...
What are the risk factors for diabetes? Risk factors for type 1 diabetes It’s not clear why the immune system overreacts in T1D, but researchers believe it’s due to a mix of genetic and environmental factors: “We know that something triggers the immune system to attack the pancreas,”...
What is type 2 diabetes? The cells in your body need insulin to change glucose, the sugar that comes from the food you eat, into energy you need to live. Without insulin, this sugar cannot get into your cells to do its work. It stays in your blood instead. Your blood sugar level th...
What are diabetes mellitus types 1 and 2? Types 1 and 2 diabetes are the most common type of diabetes.Type 1 diabeteshappens when your immune system attacks and damages your pancreas, causing it to stop making enough insulin. Type 2 diabetes occurs when your body stops using insulin well....
6 min read Save Q&A: What men with diabetes should know about reducing risk for erectile dysfunction Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FACES, talks with Brenda Jagatic, BScN, RN, CDCES, about the prevalence of erectile dysfunction for men with diabetes...
The actual prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Ethiopia could be as high as 8% as suggested by some institution-based studies, aside from what is projected by the international diabetes mellitus federations [25]. On the other hand the annual average increase of the hypertension was 8%. This ...