WHAT IS DIABETES? WEIGHT

DIABETES mellitus is a lifelong condition that occurs when the body does not make enough insulin, or when the body does not respond properly to the insulin it makes.

Diabetes is when your blood glucose is too high in your body. On the other hand, blood glucose is the main type of sugar found in your blood and your main source of energy. Glucose comes from the food you eat and is also made in your liver and muscles. Your blood carries glucose to all of your body’s cells to use for energy.

Pancreas an organ, located between your stomach and spine, which helps with digestion releases a hormone it makes, called insulin, into your blood. Insulin helps your blood carry glucose to all your body’s cells. Sometimes your body doesn’t make enough insulin or the insulin does not work the way it should. Glucose then stays in your blood and does not reach your cells. Your blood glucose levels get too high and can cause diabetes.

BABIES

Gestational diabetes most often goes away after the baby is born.

Overweight or obese women have a higher chance of gestational diabetes. Also, gaining too much weight during pregnancy may increase your likelihood of developing gestational diabetes.

depend on insulin, usually given by injection and must be balanced by food intake to keep the blood glucose as normal as possible.

Type 2 diabetes: is a “non-insulin dependent” diabetes formerly known as “adult onset,” meaning a person does not lack insulin, but has insensitivity to his/her own body’s insulin. Type 2 diabetes is consid

Overweight or obese women have a higher chance of gestational diabetes. Also, gaining too much weight during pregnancy may increase your likelihood of developing gestational diabetes.

Gestational diabetes most often goes away after the baby is born. However, a woman who has had gestational diabetes is more likely to develop type 2 diabetes later in life. Babies born to mothers who had gestational diabetes are also more likely to develop obesity and Type 2 diabetes.

Complications Diabetes can be prevented, even brought under control by proper diet and medications but it can be highly fatal if one ignores it. Diabetes compromises our immune system that can lead to one or all of the following complications:

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Eye disease which may lead to blindness. Kidney disease which may lead to kidney failure.

Nerve disease which may lead to loss of sensation in parts of the body, especially the feet, or to loss of movement in one or more muscles.

Hearts and blood vessel disease, which may lead to a heart attack, a stroke or loss of blood supply to the legs and feet.

What are some of the causes?

Diabetes is caused due to deficiency of a hormone