Diabetes Prevention

   

Diabetes occurs due to a complex interaction of many factors, including genetics, excessive carbohydrate intake, and a sedentary lifestyle that stresses the pancreas and tissue into having inefficient sugar metabolism. Diagnosis of diabetes requires a fasting blood sugar to be taken by the doctor or nurse, who may administer the test using a concentrated sugar test as well.

Once diabetes has been diagnosed, treatment is administered through two approaches, drugs or injections. If diabetes is under acceptable control, drugs can be given to the patient to ensure the sugar levels in the blood stay within normal levels. The most popular drug is Metformin. If sugar levels are not under good control and continue to deteriorate, the doctor may choose to prescribe insulin therapy, where the patient injects themselves with a small syringe containing insulin into their tissue to ensure normal sugar levels. 

The most dangerous complication of diabetes is a condition known as diabetic ketoacidosis. This occurs when sugar levels became dangerously high causing the body to undergo severe dehydration and organ failure. This is an emergency and the patient would need to be immediately hospitalized for urgent management. The most common complication of diabetes is simply hypoglycemia, where sugar levels drop below normal levels due to excessive action of anti diabetic drug in the blood stream, causing the patient to faint.