People know what a diabetes means, but the difficult part is to control it. Actually there are many people who eats big amounts of sugar. Sugar has become one of the most powerful drug in the world and it is the most easy to obtain. Some people are not affected, but the percentage of diabetic people is very high telling to the health communities that is time to control this illness. The social reds have been working hard on this and many institutions have free campaigns and treatments to help people to realize how severe this illness is.
You have diabetes when the levels of glucose in your blood are too high, say above the normal levels. There are 3 types of diabetes you can suffer. Diabetes mellitus 1 is when your pancreas doesn't produce insulin, but the most common is the diabetes mellitus 2 where the body doesn't use the insulin of an adequate form. If you don't control the diabetes mellitus 2 with the correct treatment, a diet according with the foods allowed, exercise and a constant medical control, the most probable is that you will end up being an insulin dependent person. The alzaihmer is considered the diabetes 3 and there is a gestational diabetes too.
The saddest thing of this illness is that it causes many problems of health that will affect the organs, sight, heart, nerves and you can have limb amputations and brain diseases or brain strokes. If you feel dizziness or feel very tired I think is time to see the doctor to have some blood tests, Sometimes you can feel pins and needles in your legs and hands, also you can have very hot and red hands. It is easy to check up your sugar levels. There are two test named: prandrial sugar and post prandrial sugar that tells about how your body is assimilating the sugar and carbohydrates after a meal. The other test is the A1c which tells how much sugar is in your blood or how your body is using the glucose.
I consider the A1c a very important test even though if you think you are not diabetic because if you love sweets you need to see the condition of your blood. If you are diabetic you can have this exam 2 to 3 times in the year. If the levels of glucose are too high is easier to low them but if the levels are between 6 and 7 is more difficult to low these levels. It is important that these levels keep beneath 5 to feel safe. The only way to low this condition is with the proper diet, treatment and exercises.
I am not an expert in this topic, but I have been a diabetic person since 30 years ago and the control hasn't been very good because I was careless. I had a family to take care of and I didn't realize about my symptoms and when you are young you don't think much about your health, that is why I am writing about this cruel illness. When I came to know about the way I was feeling I had some things that needed to be corrected very urgently. I went through many doctors and different treatments until I got old and the doctor said I needed insulin.
There are many young people who are being careless about the kind of food they eat. Junk food is destroying the health of our youth because it is more easy to obtain it instead of preparing it at home. There are many foods that can't be eaten by diabetics. Not all fruits and vegetables can be eaten. You have to select those that don't increase your sugar levels. You have to eat fiber, seeds and nuts, legumes, eggs and proteins. You must avoid bananas, grapes, potatoes, beets, carrots, white rice, white bread, fats and anything that is not favorable. The nutritionist is the person indicated to help you design a diet for your condition.
I had to learn how to eat and I really can say that my diet include a variety of meals that are good and enjoyable, I don't miss what I can't eat. I follow my treatment as I was given by my doctor. Two years ago I was studying and working and my sight was not in a very good condition. Some years before I had a check up with the retinologist and my sight was perfect. But one night I forced my sight because I had an exam and I studied until 2 o'clock in the morning. I felt my eyes were too tired and went to sleep.
Next day when I woke up my right eye was full of black lines of blood. I went to see the retinologist and I received the bad news that I suffered a diabetic retinopathy and the process to cure it was going to be long. I had a treatment but it didn't work. The doctor told me to have laser in my left eye to prevent a bleeding and I waited to see if my right eye improved with the treatment. It didn't get better and I was given 2 injections of Avastin to help the blood disappear. My eye right got better but now I need to apply laser to avoid the formation of neo blood vessels. This treatment have been very expensive, but that is the only way to safe my sight.
It is important to have a glucometer to test your sugar levels many times as possible. I hope that this blog will help people who are not taking care about the way they feed and about their sugar levels in their blood. A visit to the doctor and a control of the diet will help you improve your health. I changed my habits and I feel better and more happy.
All the photos were taken with my Redmi 7
