Basically, the signs and symptoms of diabetes are the same for both its types. The two types of diabetes simply differ in the speed of the development of the signs and symptoms.The first type of diabetes is characterized by the complete failure of the pancreas to produce insulin. Insulin is responsible for the control of the sugar levels in the blood. If there is no insulin produced, the blood sugar levels will continue to rise. The symptoms of diabetes 1 are excessive thirst, excessive urination, fatigue, unexplained and sudden weight loss and the person affected may also feel generally unwell. The symptoms are going to develop in weeks. If this is left untreated, this can cause coma or death.
Diabetes type 2 has similar symptoms with that of the type 1. The only difference that can be seen is that for the second condition, the pancreas still continues to function. Despite the fact that the pancreas of the type 2 diabetes is still functional, it does work below the normal levels. Another reason would be that the person is actually resistant to insulin. This means that the body is incapable of utilizing the insulin that is produced by the pancreas. Whichever the case, the symptoms appear at a slower rate and health is going to deteriorate over a long period of time even before the doctor can diagnose the condition.
The earliest signs of diabetes are the ones which are typically ignored by many people who might be developing the condition. Increased in thirst and urination are the symptoms. If ever this happens, it is essential that sugar levels are checked immediately. The diagnostic testing is rather very simple. It makes use of urine testing to check for glucose levels. If in case the result is suggesting that the person may have diabetes, a confirmatory diagnostic exam in the form of a blood test is initiated.
When you have the general feeling of being unwell plus any other diabetes symptoms, it is a must that you have to get yourself checked. The signs and symptoms of diabetes should not be ignored because this can possibly cause health problems that can occur rapidly.
It will also make management of the medical condition easier if the problem is spotted at its early stage. This way, complications will be significantly minimized.
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ReplyDeletewow, technically the first to comment. :) since yesterday, diabetes has been the subject of choice. and it's something that should not only be a national scare, but a global concern. in a recent study conducted last year, the rate of diabetics have soared to a whopping 366 million worldwide. that's one person down every seven seconds. i could just imagine the horror if one of my family members, or even myself, would be part of that statistic.
ReplyDeletewell, truth hurts. so instead of abusing my health and waiting on the onset of the disease, i know that i really have to take action. but my family isn't that vigilant about taking serious steps to stop the disease from affecting us. that might be the reason why i take our health history of diabetes for granted. i'm just thankful again to the author for another article on this topic. if by any chance, @YoMama could you post an article on diabetic food choices? i would like to share it to my parents because they usually prepare my grandparents' meals. i want to let them have delicious food which could still conform to their diet restrictions. thanks and have a good day. :)
yah.. i agree with @R.C. Laguda..I for one take diabetes for granted. Thanks to you sir @YoMama,now I would really be careful of what I eat for it really scared me a lot upon reading the sentence,"If this is left untreated, this can cause coma or death". I NEVER would wanna die young!! o.O
ReplyDeleteI know it will be a hard time for me to lessen my intake of these heavenly sweet foods but if its the only way to live longer then why not? =]
me too! Well, diabetes runs in my family so I assume that 1 day I will develop that disease. But this doesn't stop me from eating foods that i love especially sweets :) Wanna know why? it's simple. My reason is that I want to enjoy these blessings now because I know that when I develop diabetes I can no longer eat these stuffs and probably, I will regret it for the rest of my life -_^
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ms. Laguda's opinion, @YoMama could you please give us an idea for best diabetic food choices? It's for my grandmother...I would really appreciate it. Thank you !
hmmmmp.. the article is really awesome. i can relate to this because my aunt (sister of my mom) have diabetes but it makes me confused if its hereditary (im scared! :(((() but i guess its in her way of living that she get the disease (hopefully). :]
ReplyDeletei just want to thank Mr. YoMama for sharing his knowledge to us by creating this blog. it really help individuals to know the signs and symptoms of this disease, you know? so that they will be aware.
tenchu (thank you)!
but you know, on the other hand, we wouldn't land a job if there are no sick people. hihihi. (im so bad, sorry!i just want to express my feeling)
ReplyDeletethough i am fortunate of not having diabetes, i still want to consider others who has it. for me who don't have diabetes, i don't have to resign myself for a lifetime of bland foods, but it doesn't mean that i can abuse myself of eating sweets.i should have a healthy lifestyle so that i won't die young as want ms. ganir said.
ReplyDeletei know somebody who has diabetes, a family friend, and he always complain on his food he is eating...well, yeah.. obviously he doesn't want his food. so i also want to know, just like ms laguda and ms. marturillas of what food best for him, which taste good and healthy. it would really be a great help for us, especially for those who are diabetic. @YoMama, hopefully you can give us some tips on choosing the right food for diabetic patients..
oh! by the way, thank you for the information. it is a great help for me. ;)
Thank you to Yo' Mama for this wonderful article. While reading the article, I suddenly remembered my cousin. He often scratch his skin because it's itchy and by that it leads to wounds already. But, her wife noticed that his wounds, cuts and also bruises takes a long time to heal. After reading the article I was worried for my cousin. He just don't mind it, he will just tell to us that" it will just heal later..." but it takes months to heal and so to other cuts and bruises.
ReplyDeleteSurely, I will tell this to him to be really aware and be able to consult it. I will also tell this to my parents. Same as to Ms. Laguda, we are not that also vigilant in taking serious steps in curing diseases, and by this, I wish it would lead to a change.
I posted earlier...but i don't see it so i guess i have to repeat it again. So thank you to the author..for another informative article. like laguda said in the earlier comment..diabetes has been the topic since yesterday.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the article increased thirst and urination are the most common symptoms to which a person can base if they have diabetes. But as i reread my books about diabetes (which i got from my dad, cause he's like diabetic and all), i confirmed that increased hunger is also on of the common symptoms.
There are medical names for these symptoms..they are otherwise known as the 3P's which stand for:
polydipsia (increased thirst)
polyuria (increased urination)
polyphagia/hyperphagia (increased hunger)
But hyperphagia is also associated with other illnesses such as the Klein-Levin Syndrome, Baret Biedl Syndrome and etc...
Just 2 reminders: If you experience these symptoms, any kind at all..well you better get yourself checked homey..(^.^)/ and last, don't stress on the medical bills brotha! you gotta choose which is more important to you..money that you can reearn..or your one and only life..choose..that's all..no pressure (>.<)...
that's all and keep up the good work (°v°)/ !!
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ReplyDeleteI agree to Ms.Laguda that diabetes has been our subject last night and now its signs and symptoms. It is so sad to know that a lot of people are having diabetes because they don't care about themselves. To Ms. Marturillas, I disagree about your idea of no one can stop you from eating foods like sweets because you know that sooner or later you will be having this disease. Don't be so pessimistic, you can still prevent yourself from having diabetes even though you have some family members who has it. Don't just think that "oh soon I'll be one of them so, better eat these foods before things get worst." You know once you get diabetes it does not end there, you may have some further complications due to your medications like what happen to my grandfather which lead him to death. You need to fight in order to live and survive. Don't lose hope. I want you to have a better perspective that you will not be having this disease because you simply don't want it. Nobody wants it. Just like what Ms. Ganir said, " I never would wanna die young".
ReplyDeletelike ms.ganir, i also take diabetes for granted. maybe because, it doesn't run in our family (but it doesn’t mean that i can be exempted of developing that disease someday). upon reading the article, i realized how fortunate I am for not developing that kind of disease (that if left untreated can lead to coma or death). i still have the power over the foods that I love most.
ReplyDeleteto Mr.YoMama, I just want to thank you for sharing this article. i know I cannot relate that much but I still want to thank you for keeping us alert about its signs and symptoms.
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ReplyDeleteSo yeah, diabetes can be a total threat but not all who had it is threatened. My ex-principal has type 1 diabetes and she knew it very much. But despite the fact that she has it, she still eat foods that are not included on her diet. She's stubborn, i know, but as what she said, "what is life if i don't live it to the fullest? I ate what i want, yes, I know i'll die. But if i followed my diabetic diet, i will still die, but maybe a little longer. So what's the difference?". So it's still on the person if he/she wants to be well or not. :D
ReplyDeleteuhh miss laguda, i read your comment earlier and found out that your family doesnt really give a thing about diabetes or health. (teehee, only scanned it, so i dont really have the exact point about what you were saying) but anyway, how about convincing your family to take action? our family doesnt really care about those things too. or maybe they do. rephrase. I dont really care about those things too. :))))))))))))) but i guess, informing them and pushing them to you know, not take it for granted, might make everything better. it just can possibly be the pot o' gold at the end of the rainbow (i dont know why i said that) actually, what i DO want to say is, it's better to prepare for something at this time, than to wait for it to be a problem. i hope you do have that courage to convince them. update me if you do :)
ReplyDeleteDiabetes is one of the most common illnesses in our community today. Bcoz most of us are ignorant of the signs and symptoms of diabetes, we are unable to detect its onset.
ReplyDeleteI am very thankful of this article bcoz it gives me knowledge about what to watch out for. :) We should be mindful of what our body is going through no matter how small it is like excessive thirst and urination. if not aided, it may prove to be fatal just like in diabetes.
There's nothing wrong with being sure by going to the doctor and having yourself checked -up. yeah. but let us not be wholly dependent on our doctors. because we must also exert an effort in keeping ourselves healthy like proper diet and exercise. "prevention is better than cure." always. :D
@ miss bispo, thanks for the additional info!:D
ReplyDelete@ms. marturillas, i kinda disagree with your statement on not being able to eat sweets when you are already diagnosed with diabetes. :) i did a lil reasearch and i learned that it is a diabetes "myth" debunked. yeah. so you can still eat desserts and sweets if eaten as a part of a HEALTHY meal plan.which probably means sweets can be eaten in certain limitations and coupled with a healthy lifestyle. this is really good news for us who can't live without sweets. :D
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ReplyDeletewell, diabetes... once again. hahaha. oh well, for me, I am 100% sure that it runs in our bloodline, scary isn't it? my dad had it, my aunt had it, and a funny thing i found out about myself is, I really don't care about it. Not before I read certain articles that has been posted in this site. for all I know, Diabetes is all about sugar levels, I never knew that weight (yesterdays topic) and increased thirst and urination could be the symptoms. to Ms.Laguda and Ms.Andales, i really agree to your comments, on how people try to just you know, take health for granted and only say sorry for them selves when they had one, and just like Ms.Andales about the heredity thing. :)
ReplyDeleteto mr. sabay, i'm sorry but im with ms marturillas, HAHA :P when it's type I diabetes you can't really avoid it since it's genetic and no matter how much you avoid it and control your food intake,(it was already proved to me by my relatives >.< tsk2) it'll always be there since it's genetic as said. Another is the control of eating sweets, maybe you don't feel it since you don't have this disease (perhaps, not so sure of this fact. HAHA) but there's just this human mentality that once you're aware that you're gonna have nothing of these things or foods soon, you'll grab the chance of experiencing or having that certain thing for now while you still can. just like sweets, im pretty sure i can't have it pretty soon (sad fact though) since there's a really big possibility of me having a diabetes but i don't deprive myself since the more i deprive myself, the more i'll crave for it, so i'll end up having more. But, don't think i'm that unconscious with my health, i do check my blood sugar level every month even when there's no symptoms of it. HAHAHA... ^^
ReplyDeleteyeah, i agree to what people above are saying. diabetes is scary. but you see,studies says that it can be prevented by controlling weight to normal or near-normal levels (by eating a healthy low-fat, high-fiber diet),having regular exercise,keeping alcohol consumption low,quitting or avoiding smoking, modifying their lifestyle and taking all medications as directed(if he has high blood/high cholesterol).so, by observing/integrating these in our way of life, we can avoid or lessen the possibility of getting diabetes.:)
ReplyDeleteand by the way ms.marturillas, i think that you shouldn't let yourself eat a lot of sweets, but instead, eat these in moderation for too much of something is bad. that' all...:)))
Hmmmm. I have a question, in relation to my comment on the previous article about my uncle who was a diabetic, DOES HAVING A DIABETES HAVE TO DEAL WITH CUTTING OFF YOUR LEG? I was so young then when it all happened. Now I'm so confused and scared about the whole idea of getting my feet off too :)))
ReplyDeletewell, uhm, to Ms.Marturillas, well I kinda disagree about your comment. having so much sweets just because you want to enjoy it isn't you know, for me is not a good reason for you to take in so much. Are you only the one who'll suffer when you'll be having it soon? How about your family? Didn't you just agreed to Ms.laguda about health being taken for granted? :))
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ReplyDelete@ Ms. Rosales. I'm happy about what you said:) I'm only a little worried now that "we can still eat sweets if eaten as a part of a HEALTHY meal plan.which probably means sweets can be eaten in certain limitations and coupled with a healthy lifestyle." this is really good news:))
ReplyDelete@Ms. Pantorilla, I agree with you especially on Ms. Marturillas' case...it's kinda hard.
To Mr. Sabay , Ms. Carcallas and Ms. Rosales...well its just my opinion. Yes I know that a diabetic person can still eat sweet stuffs BUT not us much as we can while we are still young you know. Just like my grandmother, she can no longer eat sweets as much as she wants because she has to monitor her sugar level. :)
ReplyDeleteThis article is very useful for me since I have a family history of diabetes. Thanks to this article, I will able to recognize the onset of this disease if I or one of my family member may have it. I never knew increased thirst and urination was a symptom of disease and as Ms. Bispo has stated, so is increased hunger. All I knew was that diabetes had something to do with blood sugar level and insulin. So, yeah. I am very thankful for this info :D
ReplyDeleteMs. Beuncaloloy sorry I was mistaken to use the right word, it should be "suggestion" and I'm referring to the "suggestion" of having an article about diabetic food choices. -_^
ReplyDelete@ ms. marturillas, i guess that's what they mean by living your life to the fullest because once you age and experience the diseases (like diabetes) that come with growing old, everything is limited, especially sweets. :((
ReplyDelete@ms.nuez, If you have diabetes, there's no such thing as a minor wound to the foot -- even a small foot sore can turn into an ulcer that, if not properly treated, can lead to amputation. The rate of amputation for people with diabetes is 10 times higher than for those who don't have the disease. really scary right? :)))
well, it's another article on diabetes. Before, I thought that I'm going to have one because when I was in high school, my classmates said to me that maybe I have one because.... I'm fat. But I didn't listen to them, who are they to tell me that I have diabetes? My Doctor???? they are just immature freaks that just can't mind their own business. I don't think that they're concerned too because it's like they're criticizing me despite the fact that I'm fat. they should not jump into conclusions right? So when I took my laboratory examination, the doctor said that I'm not diabetic and I also don't have a high blood pressure. It made me very happy that I even showed to them the results and it made them speechless, I can see in their eyes that they're guilty. HAHAHAHAHA.
ReplyDeleteWell I have to disagree with ms. Marturillas... I think that you should eat sweets moderately, you should not think that ''Oh, I'm gonna have diabetes some day so I'll eat more sweets now.'' NO NO NO! I think that it will have a bad effect on your health and maybe you will have diabetes earlier than you expect...
Think positively girl! :}
@ ms. rosales no problem.
ReplyDelete@ms. marturillas sorry but i'm with ms. rosales. My dad has diabetes and he still eats sweets but very limited. He eats sweets but not too much. so yeah :) being diabetic isn't so bad exept for the fact that you could get your leg amputated just like miss nuez is worried about. hahaha:)
@Willy Angelie Nuez I think what you're referring to is when cells die and the tissue becomes, well... dead. :)) This is not only a result of Diabetes alone but also by other health problems that affect the whole blood circulation. It's like a totally new way to break a leg. =))
ReplyDeletems. marturillas, even though you are still young, you should also have limitations in eating too much sweets. don't wait for the time(when you're old), that you already suffered that illness, would be the time that you will limit the food you are taking.. it's better if you start your limitations at a young age. i am not depriving you form eating what you love, i know it has a heavenly taste, but i just want you to know if you won't monitor your sugar level at a young age it might get worst. (well, it's my opinion)it's just a piece of advice. prevent it when you can still prevent it..
ReplyDeleteNow to talk about the article itself. :>
ReplyDeleteI had a close friend in high school who has diabetes. She was trained since birth to control her sugar intake. She rarely got to drink Coke in her childhood and a bar of chocolate was always divided into really small parts first before she can eat them. Now, it takes her 30 minutes to consume even just a normal Kitkat bar =))))
It's all about control B-) Observing little things like these can add a little more years in your life. ;)
But know no one can blame for saying that...it's in our genes already and I LOVE SWEETS. Like what Ms. Pantorilla said earlier "you can't really avoid it since it's genetic and no matter how much you avoid it and control your food intake, it'll always be there since it's genetic as said." I just want to enjoy everything while there's a chance..hehehe
ReplyDeleteTHANKS @apolinar @Rosales ohhh thanks then for the information, everything you said was a great relief :)whew!
ReplyDeletethe comments are getting scarier, everyone's having a potential of getting diabetic haha! the only way to prevent it is to get back to square one, eat and live a healthier lifestyle! so let's do this!
and yes, im getting paranoid like @ms.marturillas, but then eating sweets are necessary for our body homeostasis. I feel you that its would be so hard to lessen up our sweet temptations, right? who's with me? :)
I'm with you! :D I'm glad somebody here understands my sentiments!
ReplyDeletems. marturllias, you can live you life to the fullest even though everything is limited. you just have to manage and discipline yourself for you to live your life as what you want it to be. too much is too risky.
ReplyDeletems. nuez, I hope you won't take this personally ;)) but I think it's a common knowledge or logic that cutting off a diabetic patient's leg or arms is actually related with this disease especially when that part was already damaged. just like in your uncle's case, i think his leg was amputated in order to prevent it from further complications. :D
ReplyDeleteand about YOUR feet, don't worry about it yet because you can still prevent it from amputation as long as you follow proper precautions. you just need to maintain a healthy lifestyle and avoid eating too much sweets. hehehe :)))
@Marturillas I'm sorry but I'll have to disagree with you, too.
ReplyDeleteI don't blame you because I also think that sweets are the sweetest! =)) They naturally have the ability to make us happy that the thought of living on sweets alone is tempting. HAHA. However, think about how eating LESS sweets can ADD a few more years in your life. And during those years, you can enjoy MORE sweets :))
OH MY GOSH arielle rosales, i am very happy to read your comment. Happy for the diabetic people, i mean. Okay, so everyone's talking about their mom, or dad, or aunt having diabetes which i certainly cannot relate to. I don't have that disease in my bloodline. But i can relate with the people who said that they love sweets (ex. marturillas, pantorilla,). BUTTT, I think loving to eat sweets is not a good enough reason to pick sweets instead of the possible-long-life God gave us. (sorry ms. marturillas, i seems like almost everyone is disagreeing with you) Just 'cause you "might be” or “are” diagnosed with diabetes doesn't mean you are not given other sweet things in life that you can enjoy with a diabetic body. It’s like you’re choosing to live a short life just to eat sweets. Please don’t have the im-gonna-eat-all-the-sweets-i-can-since-im-gonna-die-anyway attitude. Okayyy, so you might not have thought of choosing to die early, but what I’m saying is that you can always find replacements. I too, love sweets but since I am on a diet, I find other foods that can satisfy me the way that sweets do. :P You can choose to take it slow right now since we are still sooo young to make abrupt decisions about our health.
ReplyDeleteRosales’ research caught my attention and I have done some research myself. I found out that there are numerous sweets and desserts that are actually GOOD for people with diabetes. No-sugar-added sweets for adults and young diabetic kids like cordial cherries, pecan caramel nut clusters, licorice bites, jelly beans, etc. But diabetics still need to monitor their intake. There’s a site called “diabeticcandy.com” where you can find no-sugar-added candies/sweets. ISN’T THAT GREAT?!
Ps. @ yomama, thanks very much for the article, we hope you are not too bothered with our discussions.
Im surprised not a lot of people answered @Nuez' question.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, in relation to diabetes and foot amputation, it is a common complication when poor management is followed with a diabetic person.
In diabetes, remember: less sugar is coming inside your cells. Sugar = energy. Energy = allows your cell to function. Cell function = fighting disease, repairing damaged tissue, etc. So since you do not have sugar in your cells, it then means that your cells do not function appropriately.
How does this answer @Nuez question? Because if your foot gets wounded, your cells cannot fight off the bacteria that enters the wound. AND the foot cells cannot repair the damage and continue to display your wound to all the germs in the world. thus, it leads to the death of the foot. Imagine carrying a dead body part around??
Answer me this... Why is it common that diabetics get foot amputations? why not hand amputations? why is it always the foot? (this is where the term "diabetic foot" comes from)
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ReplyDelete@ Andromedes Sabay: isn't this line too harsh? "It is so sad to know that a lot of people are having diabetes because they don't care about themselves". I don't think you can just conclude that people won't care about their selves. Who doesn't care about what happens to them? Marturillas and Nuez are just worried (maybe) that the things they desire most in their life are taken away from them(or limited) and they end up taking as many as they can WHILE they still can.
ReplyDelete@marturillas and nuez, check out the site i mentioned in my comment. :)
First thing first (>_<). Thank you, Yo' Mama, for the article. It's great that you try your best to show to the people that living a healthy lifestyle is a MUST.
ReplyDeleteSecond, when it comes to diabetes, I am like Ms. Laguda. I take it for granted because I know that there is no family history of it. So everyday, I eat a lot of sweets. :D I know that I should stop and limit myself but it's just sooo hard. :'( hahaha.. I'll start training myself to resist temptations of sweetness, after all like Ms. Ganir I don't want to die early.
And to Ms. Marturillas, I'm sorry I have to disagree with you. Since you don't have diabetes, it would be great if you put a limit on eating sweets XD. Just because your family has it, doesn't mean you will too (God-willing). But if you really believe that you will get diabetes (in the future) and not stop, would you not dwell on what-ifs if you do get it (in the future)? (like "what if i had not eaten so much sweets, would i have still gotten diabetes?) .. just saying though.. after all opinions are just opinions.. what matters is what your opinion is.. :)
I'm pretty sure that you're in that mentality Ms. Pantorilla. As I understand it, you'll have and consume those foods as much as you want it (please do correct me if i'm wrong). But there is also that viewpoint of controlling diabetes from getting bad to worse, so as to extend your lifespan, right?. And for the half worst, you have to undergo limb amputation like Ms. Nuez's concern and once and for all, death. Haha. Take it seriously. Be strict. Coz' I know you can still live life to the fullest out of it. :)
ReplyDelete@ sir Kia Lim: to answer your question, i researched and found out that diabetes is a contributing factor in half of all lower extremity amputations, and the relative risk for amputation is 40 times greater in people with diabetes, since having diabetes means you heal slower that anyone else. Diabetes also causes nerve damage and poor blood circulation which makes the feet vulnerable to skin sores. Because for me, our feet or the lower extremities in our body carry much of our weight while we do our daily activities. I gets the most pressure. Adding to that, we wear shoes(imagine our feet already having poor circulation). So once maka develop ug foot sores kay mas lisud e treat since slow mn mu heal and diabetics. (para nako ra sir, sa ako nasabtan. :D)
ReplyDeleteang diabetics*
ReplyDelete*and because our feet is farthest from the heart pajud..
ReplyDeleteDiabetes is now the trending topic on this blog and thank you Yo' Mama for all the information about these things. Wonder how you know so well about Diabetes? Well, as what I posted yesterday, your lifestyle influences your health, so even if you eat sweets, there are chances that you may or may not have Diabetes. There are some people who have sweet tooth and keeps on eating sweets but they don't usually have Diabetes. It can be explained by the two types of Diabetes. Type I Diabetes is the Insulin Dependent where your insulin is not enough to breakdown the glucose that is needed for your cells to use while Type II Diabetes is the Non-Insulin Dependent where your Insulin and glucose level is normal but the problem is the receptor sites on your cells, so even your glucose has been breakdown by the insulin, it can't go inside your cells, that's why people with these conditions usually prescribed to take some medicines to help the cell to function. :)
ReplyDeletei was amazed with your comments guys, hehehehe.
ReplyDeleteby the way, i'm with you @ms. Nuez. i also asked myself about that question too.
hey guys! it is getting late already and i guess while you are reading my comment, it is now morning.:)
ReplyDeletewell, i kinda notice that the hot seat today is ms. Marturilla's comment. it is really mind bugling because as i read your comments, i kinda have doubts. is diabetes is really just hereditary? and is eating sweet foods worsen the disease itself? yes, diabetes might hereditary but i don't believe that anyone who has no family history of this is not prone to have the disease because i have read an article which states that arthritis and thyroid disease can have offsprings which may develop to diabetes.
i have also this neighbor i think she is around 50 when she is diagnosed to have the disease. after knowing, she just ignores it and she drinks coke every meal, eats foods without limit yet she still is healthy, she manages to wake up 6 to go to church, wash her clothes and even sell vegetables in the street. she is still alive now and she is 70+. i think it is just all in the mind. if we will think that we can live, we will and if we take our disease seriously, it will only just brings us down even more.
i was just wondering about her situation. it seems to contradict to all the things i've read above. i'm getting interested of how you'll react about this.
All i can say this article is fantastic coz it provides necessary information especially if we have diabetes through the signs and its symptoms well i would like to thank the author.
ReplyDeleteWell actually I disagree to Ms. Marturillas because even if u know that someday you'll gonna have it but still u need to take precautionary measures through avoiding sweet foods because sometimes we don't know it might affect us in the future and even put us in risky conditions. So who do u think would regret? [No offense meant :)].
As to Ms Nuez, I firmly disagree of what u said because not only sweet foods are necessary for our body's homeostasis for there are still some health foods better than sweets for our body functioning and as of eating sweets, well I can say its a matter of discipline for you might regret it in the future.
to ms. marturillas...
ReplyDeleteit is not the end of life knowing that almost all of your family members have diabetes. i think you should still take precautionary in order to fight having one.
to ms nuez
i agree that our body needs sugar but fighting the urge of temptation? i think discipline would take action at that time already. i believe that you can fight it, just believe and put in mind that you wouldn't want to get your leg amputated..isn't it? :)
@kathlyn tan: it was mentioned in the previous article though that diabetes is not just hereditary. "Obesity triggers Diabetes". About your neighbor, maybe her body is used to the activities she does everyday. Seems to me she has quite a lifestyle that can fight the disease or maybe she's just challenging it or something. From where i see it, she sure is a tough one. I won't be shocked if she suddenly gets weak or something, (but i hope not). Maybe she has her own ways of coping with the disease, just doing whatever her body pleases.
ReplyDeleteI somehow agree to what Ms. Padigos said that there's a viewpoint in controlling diabetes but for me continuously eating sweet would lead you to an earlier death (well that's just a comment, no hard feelings :D).
ReplyDeleteAs for me, I too myself have that bloodline of diabetes that's why, while I'm still young I do really have to value my life through taking precautionary measures in order to avoid further damage for as to what I believe," You must prepare for the worst".
for @ms. tan, in my opinion, maybe your neighbor is caring for herself that is why she is still healthy. just like, you said she drinks coke every meal you didn't know if she dilute the coke with lots of ice, eats foods without limit yet the foods that she is eating are healthy because you said she sells vegies, she manages to wake up 6 to go to church because she sleeps early right?. hihihi. :)))
ReplyDelete@ danielle suarez: she is still alive now and believe me or not she is still very active even if she's very old. i'm really fascinated by this neighbor and with her living that disease for a long time makes me wanna question about this article. she is really a wonder, if we have what we call a cancer survivor then she might be the diabetic survivor.. HAHAHA!
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ReplyDeleteTo answer your question, I surfed the net and got these ideas: Amputation is a truly frightening prospect. And as unexpected as it may seem, diabetes and lower-limb amputation are closely connected.
Three factors are involved in the development of the foot problems that can lead to amputation:
-Disease of the arteries due to the diabetes
-Diabetic neuropathy which is usually worse in the feet
-Poor cleanliness and nail trimming practices of the feet and toes.
Poorly controlled diabetes accelerates the process known as atherosclerosis, the form of arterial disease that comes from cholesterol deposits in the lining of the arteries. Obviously many people other than diabetics get atherosclerosis, and other conditions — high cholesterol, hypertension, and smoking also play a role — but poorly controlled diabetics get it sooner and worse than others.
When cholesterol plaques form in the large arteries of the legs, they start to reduce the blood flow to the lower legs and feet. A common first hint that something is wrong will be the onset of intermittent claudication — pain in the calf or foot muscles when walking. This indicates that the arteries in the legs can no longer deliver sufficient blood to the muscles to keep them working properly. :)))))))
whooohhhh! i like your comment for @ms. nuez, @ms tan. hahahaha. we both know she loves drinking COKE FLOAT in McDonalds right? hahaha.
ReplyDelete@elishaandales: maybe you're right about the vegie but i don't think diluting the coke is her style because i could hear her daughters scolding her about the drinking of softdrinks. sleeping early is also a question because she is an addict of teleserye. :) but i kinda conclude that going to church is an exercise for her because she is just walking though in going to church that maybe one of the aspect which helps her survive the disease.
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ReplyDeleteHey, cheer up girl. I know you're scared of the hereditary thing, but you know what? Just live your life the way you want it to be. Eat anything you want but just take control. Don't think about that too much, it gives you stress. Instead, be happy and take control. Just a friendly advice. Smile. :)
I agree with @Mr. Sabay, don't be pessimistic. Nobody wants this thing. But, again, just remember to take control. Too much of something is bad. :)
hmmmmmp.. maybe..
ReplyDeletei can't comment a lot about her because i haven't seen her.. :)
relax ms. tan, i was just giving some opinion. :)
@iam.elisha.gine.andales: you're right she Ms. Nuez is quite a coke float person. so Ms. Nuez, if you ever read our comments, avoid coke floats already.. or else you'll get amputated...HAHAHA
ReplyDeletehahahaha. you're scaring her @ms. tan.. maybe she's crying now. :))
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ReplyDeleteI was smiling when I read your story about your neighbor. You're absolutely right. I guess this could help @Ms. Marturillas too. I believe that it is just in the mind, just like my dad, though he's not diabetic at all, he always say that "If it's our time, then it will be. I will eat anything I want". Funny.. He's so optimistic.
Seriously… you and my mom have the same PHILOSOPHY in life and eating miss Marturillas! Eat and Taste everything you want because maybe someday you won’t be able to have these privileges and instead of food going in your mouth and savoring all the taste, it just be feed to you into a tube leading directly into your stomach. Then you’ll regret not having tasted it when you had the chance. Well… that was my mother’s point of view I SOMETIMES don’t agree to her because it’s so ironic… she’s a nurse! She should have know better that’s what I always thought when she utter those words.
ReplyDeleteBy the way I think She already modified it to eating everything but with moderation, since my father got diagnose with diabetes type2, which we were so happy… not because he was diagnosed but because it was detected at an early stage. Good thing he need to have a medical check-up that time, since base from the article Type 2 diabetes is harder to detect. GOD IS REALLY GOOD! :D
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ReplyDeletediabetes....LOL!! to Ms. Marturillas never assume that you can have this disease 1 day coz ITS BAD YOU KNOW??!!!,,,do you want to obtain foot amputation!!??NO, right?? By the way the article is again a great help to me coz this time it tells me the earlier signs of diabetes like excessive urination and thirst-these are the things that i did not know- 2 THUMBS UP:DD
ReplyDelete@Marturillas. I'm with ya.Tough i’m not saying that we should completely take diabetes for granted, some people just stress too much. We are still too young! We haven’t even reached our twenties yet. So, let’s act young.. let loose a little. Enjoy life! But of course, to truly enjoy life, we must learn how to balance. You eat: you must exercise. But never, ever, deny yourself of your cravings =)
ReplyDelete@Roferos. I HEART YOUR EX-PRINCIPAL. It doesn’t really matter how long you live your life.. It’s how you live it. ENJOY LIFE! xD
Like Ms. Carnicer's point, we should enjoy life. But enjoying life doesn't mean you should have lots of vices. Enjoying life means being healthy. :) live, love then laugh :)
ReplyDeleteYou're right Ms. Gabiana and Ms. Carnicer.
ReplyDeleteJust enjoy life!!!
But remember to maintain the healthy lifestyle so as to ENJOY TO THE FULLEST!!!
Once again, another great article from @yo mama. Thank you for this. :))
ReplyDelete@Ms Marturillas - I disagree with what you want to do. I also have relatives that have diabetes. I saw them suffer, so I made a decision that I will eat sweets in moderation. You can also do the same if you really don't want to avoid eating sweets. And also, you can't really predict that you will also have diabetes. What if you aren't really supposed to have diabetes but because you didn't ate sweets in moderation, it ended up that you became diabetic. Too much of something is bad. being moderate wouldn't be harmful anyway. No offense though. :))
THANKS FOR ALL THE CONCERN especially my few fans out here, @ms.tan and @ms.andales, you know me well! i know you guys are worried about me being "cokefloat-aholic", dont get paranoid about me losing my foot pretty soon, ok? Surely, the next time you see me hitting mcdonald's, you cant see me buying anything. :*
ReplyDeletealso, thanks for answering my question guys. i was confused and not thinking haha! but yeah, why does it have to be the foot who gets amputated and not the hand right? interesting Q @Sir Kia Lim. (since you know, the hand holds every food you want to intake? haha what a bad joke) :))
I'm totally agreed with your suggestions and it seems that the balance of glucose is most essential part of the treatment if your are suffering from this evil disease.So as you detect the Signs and symptoms of diabetes you have to took some quick steps to cure it.
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