How does diabetes mellitus affect the individual's health?

Diabetes mellitus is a condition where the body is not able to breakdown the glucose and turn it into energy that the body can use. This is because the body (pancreas) is not producing enough insulin or that the insulin it is producing does not work properly. If you develop diabetes you will have certain symptoms.

One of these symptoms is polyphagia, which just means eating too much. There is a reason why people who become diabetic suddenly develop a real hunger and this is because the food that they are eating the body is unable to turn into usable energy. The glucose is there but the body’s cells are unable to use it as fuel.

All the body knows is that it isn’t getting the fuel it needs so it send out the message, in this case a feeling of hunger to make the person seek out food so it can get more fuel. The person eats and then there is now even more glucose in the body but still none of it is getting through to the body’s cells. There is a now very high level of glucose in the body that has to be got rid of another way.

When the sugar/glucose levels in the blood gets too high some of the excess sugar spills over into the urine. This causes the kidneys to excrete more water in order to dilute the large amounts of sugar in the urine. Because the person is not producing more urine they will often as a result develop an abnormal thirst this is known as polydipsia.

Because a great amount of calories are lost this way it is quite typical for people to lose weight during this process. Diabetes puts you at an increased risk for heart disease and stroke. In order to reduce this risk you need to make sure that you keep your blood sugar, blood pressure and blood cholesterol close to the recommended levels.

When you have high blood glucose levels over time this can lead to increased deposits of fatty materials on the insides of your blood vessel walls. These deposits then can affect your blood flow, which in turn can increase the chance of clogging and hardening of your blood vessels this is call atherosclerosis. A stroke is when the blood supply to the brain is cut off this normally happens because a clot plugs or blocks the blood vessel or a blood vessel is ruptured.

The common symptoms for a stroke are * Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding speech * Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg (especially on one side of the body) * Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes * Sudden severe headache with no known cause * Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or co-ordination The best way to maintain good health is to follow the dietary advice given you by your doctor eat healthily and get the right amount of sleep. Diabetes mellitus is a condition where the body is not able to breakdown the glucose and turn it into energy that the body can use. This is because the body (pancreas) is not producing enough insulin or that the insulin it is producing does not work properly.

If you develop diabetes you will have certain symptoms. One of these symptoms is polyphagia, which just means eating too much. There is a reason why people who become diabetic suddenly develop a real hunger and this is because the food that they are eating the body is unable to turn into usable energy.

The glucose is there but the body’s cells are unable to use it as fuel. All the body knows is that it isn’t getting the fuel it needs so it send out the message, in this case a feeling of hunger to make the person seek out food so it can get more fuel. The person eats and then there is now even more glucose in the body but still none of it is getting through to the body’s cells.

There is a now very high level of glucose in the body that has to be got rid of another way. When the sugar/glucose levels in the blood gets too high some of the excess sugar spills over into the urine. This causes the kidneys to excrete more water in order to dilute the large amounts of sugar in the urine.

Because the person is not producing more urine they will often as a result develop an abnormal thirst this is known as polydipsia. Because a great amount of calories are lost this way it is quite typical for people to lose weight during this process. Diabetes puts you at an increased risk for heart disease and stroke.

In order to reduce this risk you need to make sure that you keep your blood sugar, blood pressure and blood cholesterol close to the recommended levels. When you have high blood glucose levels over time this can lead to increased deposits of fatty materials on the insides of your blood vessel walls. These deposits then can affect your blood flow, which in turn can increase the chance of clogging and hardening of your blood vessels this is call atherosclerosis.

A stroke is when the blood supply to the brain is cut off this normally happens because a clot plugs or blocks the blood vessel or a blood vessel is ruptured. The best way to maintain good health is to follow the dietary advice given you by your doctor eat healthily and get the right amount of sleep.