Come si forma il diabete?
Come si forma il diabete?
Il diabete mellito è una malattia cronica caratterizzata da un'eccessiva quantità di zucchero (glucosio) nel sangue. Tale condizione è causata da un difetto di funzionalità o di produzione, da parte del pancreas, di insulina, un ormone che ha il compito di regolare il livello di glucosio nell'organismo.
What are the bad things about diabetes?
- When people with diabetes consume too many carbs at a time, their blood sugar levels can rise to dangerously high levels. Over time, high levels can damage your body's nerves and blood vessels, which may set the stage for heart disease, kidney disease and other serious health conditions.
What is the life expectancy of someone with diabetes?
- The range of estimated life expectancies is wide, depending on a person’s age, lifestyle factors, and treatments. At that time, for example: A 55-year-old male with type 2 diabetes could expect to live for another 13.2–21.1 years, while the general expectancy would be another 24.7 years.
What are the odds of getting diabetes?
- For the average American, the chance of developing type 1 diabetes by age 70 years is (1 percent), while the corresponding chances of getting type 2 diabetes are at 1 in 9 (11 percent).
How do I know if I have diabetes?
- You have to pee all the time. When you have excess sugar coursing through your blood stream,your body instinctively tries to get rid of it,says Mary Vouyiouklis ...
- You never stop drinking water. With all that peeing,dehydration is a very real possibility. ...
- Your breath smells awful. ...
- Your vision's getting increasingly blurry. ...
