Can Diabetes Be Cured?!
Question: Can Diabetes Be Cured!?
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Diabetes is an insidious disease!. In fact, moderately high levels of blood glucose (180-200 mg/dl) produce no symptom and may go unnoticed for many months or even years!. Most patients with Type 1 diabetes pass large volumes of urine, experience an increase in the frequency of urination, undue thirst and hunger, and rapid weight loss!. These provide clues to the diagnosis of diabetes!.
Men and women with Type-2 diabetes may not have the above symptoms!. Some of them may experience an increase in the frequency of urination and abnormal thirst!. They may however feel tired, irritable, lack concentration at work, proneness to infection, delay in wound healing, intense itching and need for frequent change of eye glasses!.
If you foresee the risk of developing diabetes, get your fasting blood glucose test 2-hrs after a drink of 100gms of glucose at least once a year after 45 yrs of age!. Blood glucose values of 200mg/dl and higher would suggest the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus!.
Can diabetes be cured!?
Diabetes cannot be cured, but can be effectively controlled!. People with diabetes fell well and healthy when their blood glucose is controlled!. The decrease in life span of a diabetic is restored to normal with maintaining good blood glucose control (90-130 mg/dl at fasting and with less then 180 mg/dl 2h after meals)!.
Sometimes patients may not need any tablet/insulin or, even diet control to keep their blood glucose in control!. This period is called honeymoon phase (in Type-1 diabetes)!. The duration may vary from a few days to over six months!. Some patients mistake this for cure of diabetes!.
Cardiovascular disease accounts for 70-75% of deaths in diabetic people with acute myocardial infarction being responsible for 30%!. Diabetes typically doubles heart attack risk in men and triples the risk in women!. Diabetes causes more extensive coronary atherosclerosis with triple vessel involvement!. Diabetes of long duration and in elderly people is more likely to have silent heart attack (painless MI) with increased chances of death!.
What is the link between diabetes and CVD!?
It had been observe that diabetes changes the chemical composition of some substances found in the blood and led to blood vessels narrowing or sometime clogging up completely!. This is nothing but atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, and diabetes increases the pace of it!. Heart disease occurs in those suffering with diabetes, twice as frequently as people without diabetes!. Cardiovascular complications occur early to diabetics, and often result in premature death!.
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Men and women with Type-2 diabetes may not have the above symptoms!. Some of them may experience an increase in the frequency of urination and abnormal thirst!. They may however feel tired, irritable, lack concentration at work, proneness to infection, delay in wound healing, intense itching and need for frequent change of eye glasses!.
If you foresee the risk of developing diabetes, get your fasting blood glucose test 2-hrs after a drink of 100gms of glucose at least once a year after 45 yrs of age!. Blood glucose values of 200mg/dl and higher would suggest the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus!.
Can diabetes be cured!?
Diabetes cannot be cured, but can be effectively controlled!. People with diabetes fell well and healthy when their blood glucose is controlled!. The decrease in life span of a diabetic is restored to normal with maintaining good blood glucose control (90-130 mg/dl at fasting and with less then 180 mg/dl 2h after meals)!.
Sometimes patients may not need any tablet/insulin or, even diet control to keep their blood glucose in control!. This period is called honeymoon phase (in Type-1 diabetes)!. The duration may vary from a few days to over six months!. Some patients mistake this for cure of diabetes!.
Cardiovascular disease accounts for 70-75% of deaths in diabetic people with acute myocardial infarction being responsible for 30%!. Diabetes typically doubles heart attack risk in men and triples the risk in women!. Diabetes causes more extensive coronary atherosclerosis with triple vessel involvement!. Diabetes of long duration and in elderly people is more likely to have silent heart attack (painless MI) with increased chances of death!.
What is the link between diabetes and CVD!?
It had been observe that diabetes changes the chemical composition of some substances found in the blood and led to blood vessels narrowing or sometime clogging up completely!. This is nothing but atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, and diabetes increases the pace of it!. Heart disease occurs in those suffering with diabetes, twice as frequently as people without diabetes!. Cardiovascular complications occur early to diabetics, and often result in premature death!.
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