What is diabetes? Is it a kind of food? Diabetes is a disease that dangerous to health. It is also one of ten major killer diseases in Malaysia. The signs and symptoms are difficult to detect so patients do not realize they have it until it gets to the serious stage. Therefore, it is important for us to know the signs and seek immediate treatment, to prevent from becoming a victim of diabetes.
Among the signs of diabetes are always feel thirsty and urination at night. These symptoms could lead to the diabetes. Even if someone has been drinking a lot of water, he or she always feel thirsty. When there is too much glucose in blood, our kidney will work harder to get rid of extra sugar. This will force you to urinate, sometimes several times during at night. After our body lose the water and it will makes us feel thirsty. Excessive thirst means our body is trying to add more lost fluids. Other than that, Diabetes also can be detected if there are wounds that are slow heal. Blood vessels that have been damaged by an excessive glucose causes blood difficult to flow to the limb to help healing. The best way to detect diabetes is by checking blood sugar levels. After eat, blood sugar levels will naturally increases. However, high levels of blood sugar continuously throughout the day is not normal.
Effect of diabetes take a long time if sugar level is not controlled properly. Many patients do not see a doctor because they think the beginning signs of diabetes is a common disease only. If they see a doctor, diabetes may be detected early and preventive measures can be taken immediately. The effects of diabetes are
- Heart attack
- Stroke
- Kidney failure
- Blurry eyes and become blind
Starting from today, choose a healthy lifestyle to prevent diabetes. If you already have any signs on it, see a doctor immediately. Do not be shy to ask because this disease can drag to fatal.
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