Diabetes Information
DIABETES is a disease in which the body doesn’t respond to insulin. There are four classifications of diabetes although only two are the most common – the Type 1 and the Type 2 diabetes which both exhibit similar characteristics. The rare strains of diabetes are gestational diabetes and monogenic diabetes.
Once you urinate frequently and thirst frequently, that’s the first sign of diabetes. But in your lifestyle itself, you already know that you may be prone to diabetes. That’s because of eating too much sugary food such as chocolates and ice cream.
Diabetes can easily be screened through a blood sugar test. Actually, there is something more intense than a blood sugar test, the fasting blood glucose test – meaning one must fast or not take breakfast before the test.
The most common remedy or cure against diabetes is constant injection of insulin everyday. There are other remedies like quitting smoking, exercising more, taking in a so-called diabetic diet and wearing diabetic socks and shoes. Now here’s what makes it interesting – the cloth of the sock has antimicrobial properties.
In advanced countries such as the United Kingdom, all hospitals are mandated to have a resident diabetes specialist. More information on diabetes is found on this website.