Diabities

What is Diabetes?
Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is considered as a metabolic disorder.  Metabolism is process in an organism to manufacture and utilize food and waste materials are eliminated. Our body digestive system breakdown food; absorbs, manufactures, utilizes the nutrients and eliminates waste.

Most of the foods we eat is broken down into glucose (a form of sugar) and released into the blood stream, which is the principal source of energy for our body. However, glucose cannot be consumed by our cells without the presence of insulin; insulin makes it possible for our cells to take-up glucose.

Insulin is a hormone that is produced by the pancreas. Once the blood glucose level rises after eating, the pancreas automatically senses the glucose level and it releases a proportional quantity of insulin in the blood stream. This helps our body cells to consume glucose present in our blood stream, and thus maintains the blood sugar level.

Diabetes is a condition in which the quantity of glucose in the blood is too elevated called hyperglycemia. This happens when there is low or no insulin production or improper utilization of insulin.

Why it is called Diabetes & Diabetes Mellitus?
Diabetes is derived from the Greek word diabaineine, refers a tubular organ that take-in or expels water - excessive urine discharge disease.

In 1675 Thomas Willis added mellitus (means “honey” in Latin) to the word diabetes and called it as Diabetes Mellitus, which refers to too much of sweet taste urine.

Matthew Dobson in 1776 confirmed that diabetic’s urine and blood has excess sugar that contributes to its sweet taste.

History of Diabetes
Obesity & Diabetes - Sushruta (6th century BCE) identified and relate diabetes with obesity and sedentary lifestyle and suggested exercise to help cure it.

Ancient diabetes diagnosis – Ancient Indians diagnose diabetes by observing whether ants were attracted towards the urine and they refer diabetes as sweet urine diseases. Also Chinese, Korean and Japanese called in the same manner.

Role of Pancreas in Diabetes – In 1889 Joseph von Mering and Oskar Minkowski discovered the role of pancreas in diabetes after they found that dogs whose pancreas cut removed causes diabetes symptoms and died later.

Insulin produced by Pancreas - In 1910 Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer confirmed that people with diabetes was caused by a chemical shortage that was produced by the pancreas. He referred this chemical as insulin – a Latin word insula means island.

World Diabetes Day – Banting successfully purified hormone insulin from bovine pancreas and first effective treatment on 1922. Nobel Prize is awarded to Banting in 1923 for this remarkable achievement and honored by celebrating World Diabetes Day on his birthday that is November 14.

Distinction between diabetes types - type 1 and type 2 was first confirmed by Sir Harold Percival (Harry) Himsworth, and was published in 1936.

Diabetes Information
Diabetes is a condition with high blood sugar/glucose level, caused by improper glucose metabolism.

Diabetes Symptoms
Diabetes Symptoms mostly go undiagnosed, because many of the diabetes symptoms seem harmless. Learn what are the 3 important diabetes symptoms? How or why they occur? How to get diagnosed early?

Diabetes Risk factors
Diabetes Risk factors – some factors are considered as risk to increases the chances for diabetes. Why certain factors are diabetes risk? How to overcome it?

Diabetes Types
Types of Diabetes – Three main types of diabetes are diabetes type 1, diabetes type 2 and gestational diabetes. Learn How they are classified? How to distinguish diabetes types?

Diabetes Test
Diabetes screening test is used to screen diabetes, if the test predicts diabetes then other tests is needed to confirm (diagnose) diabetes. Learn Diabetes diagnosis test and HbA1C test.

Diabetes Home remedies
Diabetes Home remedies – many diabetics can able to control their blood sugar level just with the helps of proper diet, carb count & exercise. Learn diabetes diet/food, diabetes exercise to control blood sugar level without medication or for better blood glucose control with medication.

Diabetes Medications
Diabetes Medications are prescribed for diabetes type 2 to manage their blood sugar level. Medication along cannot make any magic you need to follow proper diabetes diet and should increase your physical activities. Learn diabetes medication, how it works to lower blood sugar level, dosage and side effects.

Diabetes Insulin Treatment
Insulin Treatment is a must for all diabetes type 1’s and for some diabetes type 2’s. What is insulin? Insulin types, Insulin analogues, Insulin shot regimen, how to store insulin? Insulin shot regimen, etc.

Diabetes and Pregnancy
Gestational Diabetes & Diabetes Pregnancy is diabetes management during pregnancy. Learn what are the symptoms of gestation diabetes, how to diagnose and treat gestation diabetes, how to Care before & during Pregnancy.

Diabetes Alternative Medicines
Diabetes Natural

Natural diabetes treatments are nothing but alternative medicine for diabetes, there is no know cure for diabetes but natural diabetes treatment can help manage diabetes better. Learn how to choose correct diabetes herbs, diabetes homeopathic remedy and how to do diabetes yoga, diabetes healing acupressure & diabetes massage reflexology.

Diabetes Complications
Diabetes Complications can develop due to badly managed blood glucose level in diabetes. Some of the common diabetes complications are heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney disease, loss of a toe or foot, and erectile dysfunction. But can be avoided by strict diabetes care. Learn How to manage diabetes complication? How to prevent complication?

Diabetics! The Sweetest Persons in the World
Time to worry about diabetes is gone, now the technology is so advanced to help you all. Now you can manage diabetes easily and comfortably, so don’t be depressed to know you as diabetic. Depression never helps you in any mean, but make your diabetes management worst. Instead you can be proud (that even help better diabetes management) that you are one of the SWEETEST persons in the World; yes your whole body is circulated with sweetened blood than a normal individual.