Diabetes

What is Type 2 Diabetes?

Diabetes is a disorder in the way the body uses and regulates sugar, that is, glucose, which it uses as energy. Diabetes is a chronic disease. This disease is the condition of having too much sugar in the blood. High sugar levels in the blood can also cause disturbances in the circulatory system, nervous system, and immune systems. In diabetes, there may be disturbances in the relationship between insulin and the pancreas. The pancreas cannot produce insulin, the hormone that regulates the movements of sugar cells. The cells also absorb more sugar.

What are the Symptoms of Diabetes?

Symptoms of diabetes may not appear immediately. So, you can have diabetes for a long time and not be aware of it. Symptoms of diabetes can be listed as follows;

· Being thirsty often

Frequent urination

Unwanted weight loss,

·      Weakness,

Blurred vision,

Slow-healing wounds,

Frequent infections,

Tingling with numbness in the hands and feet,

Dark skin spots in the armpit or neck area,

Diabetes Causes

As a result of many studies in terms of the causes of diabetes, it has been concluded that genetic and environmental factors work together in diabetes. In diabetes, which has two types as Type 1 diabetes and Types 2 diabetes, the conditions that cause the disease to differ according to these types. A high rate of genetic factors plays a role among the causes of Type 1 Diabetes. At the same time, viruses that damage the pancreatic organ that produces the hormone insulin, which is involved in the regulation of blood sugar, and irregularities in the functioning of the body defense system are among the factors that cause diabetes. In addition, the causes of Type 2 diabetes, which is the more common type of diabetes, can be listed as follows;

    • Excess weight (Obesity)

    • Having a history of diabetes in the parents

    • Advanced age

    • Still life

    • Stress

    • The occurrence of diabetes during pregnancy and

    • Giving birth to a baby with a higher than normal birth weight

Diabetes Treatment

Treatment methods for diabetes differ according to the type of the disease. In type 1 diabetes, medical nutrition therapy can be applied together with insulin therapy. The patient's daily diet program is planned by the dietitian according to the insulin dose and plan recommended by the doctor. With carbohydrate counting, where the insulin dose can be adjusted by planning the number of carbohydrates contained in the foods, the diet and social life of individuals with Type 1 diabetes become quite easy. In individuals with type 2 diabetes, in addition to providing the treatment diet, oral antidiabetic drugs are generally used to increase the sensitivity of the cells to insulin hormone or to directly increase the secretion of insulin hormone.

In cases where the points to be considered in diabetes and the recommended treatment principles are not followed, high levels of blood sugar cause many health problems, especially nerve damage, damage to the kidneys, and damage to the eye retina.