Why do you get diabetes? What is the cause of diabetes?

Why do you get diabetes? What is the cause of diabetes?

After most people eat, glucose is produced in the process of digestion and decomposition of food. When the pancreas feels the stimulation of glucose, it will secrete "insulin" to allow glucose to enter the cells and convert it into energy, so that our body has enough energy for various activity.

To put it simply, "diabetes" means that the sugar in the blood increases, but the sugar cannot be turned into calories and cannot be used by the body. It means that the whole body is soaked in sugar water, but there is no way to get the calories of the sugar water, so it will Always feel very hungry.

There are several reasons why the body cannot use sugar:

Lack of insulin that helps the body use sugar

Unexplained necrosis of islet cells that make insulin

High intake of sugar and calories

Overweight

Have other chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia or cancer

When these reasons persist for a long time, the body can no longer recover to a state where it can "utilize sugar" normally, and diabetes will develop.

However, if the body lacks insulin, or if the cells cannot use insulin and produce "insulin resistance," the sugar in the blood cannot enter the cells, causing the body to lack nutrients and at the same time damage blood vessels, thus forming "diabetes."

Therefore, the key reason for diabetes is whether the body has "secreted enough" insulin and whether it can "correctly use" insulin. In addition to diet, its substance, exercise, and stress will also affect it.

3 factors of diabetes

Physique: For example, type 1 diabetes is caused by autoimmune problems that cause the body to crack the islet cells and fail to produce enough insulin; or if you have had gestational diabetes during pregnancy, the chance of getting diabetes will increase.

Lifestyle habits such as diet and exercise: If you are used to eating too much, not exercising, taking in too much calories or having too much fat in your body, your pancreas will overwork and cause insulin resistance.

Stress: Stress can cause endocrine disorders in the body, leading to excessive secretion of stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol, causing insulin resistance.

Does eating, drinking, and urinating more mean diabetes? What are the symptoms of diabetes?

The most frequently mentioned symptom of diabetes is the "three mores", that is, eating more, drinking more, and urinating more. However, as mentioned earlier, diabetes makes the whole body soaked in sugar water, so it is not only these symptoms, but It will cause systemic discomfort, but these symptoms may start from very mild symptoms.

Eat more and get hungry easily

Drink more

Polyuria

Darkening of skin folds such as underarms and neck

Fatigue easily

Unexplainable weight loss

Hot body, excessive sweating

Repeated urethritis

Itchy skin

Recurring inflammation of the gums

Hands and feet are prone to tingling

Blurred eyes

Daytime sleepiness

Who is particularly susceptible to diabetes? 15 diabetes risks, how many have you hit?

And in diabetes 3. Among the big factors, it can be further subdivided into 15 risks. In addition to the inability to change physical fitness, living habits and stress can all be improved on their own; if 3 of the 15 factors meet, it is likely to be a diabetic Candidates", if they meet more than 5 items, they may have pre-diabetes and they don’t know it.

Second-class relatives have diabetes, or have a family history of diabetes.

Have suffered from polycystic ovary, or gestational diabetes.

Have fatty liver.

Body mass index (BMI) above 24, or waist circumference above 90 cm for men and 80 cm or more for women.

Body fat is greater than 30%.

Excessive blood lipids and cholesterol (triglycerides greater than 250 mg/dl, low-density cholesterol greater than 130mg/dl, high-density cholesterol less than 40mg/dl)

When you are hungry, it is easy to feel dizzy, and it is easy to feel low blood sugar.

The physical strength is extremely poor, and I get panting after climbing the stairs two floors, and I tend to sleep after a meal.

Easily fat and thin.

Like to eat sweets, drink sugary beverages, and Western-style snacks.

I like to eat refined starches such as white rice and white noodles, and eat less whole grains.

I like to eat soups and watery foods, such as soup, risotto, or will eat vegetable soup, vegetable oil bibimbap.

Three meals are often irregular.

Long-term lack of sleep, sleep for less than 6 hours, or often stay up late and only go to bed after 11 o'clock in the middle of the night.

Often feel a lot of pressure.

If you find that you have won 3 items, it is recommended to start to improve your risk of winning the bid, such as adjusting your night sleep, starting exercise to lose weight, etc.; if you have won more than 5 items, it is recommended to go to the Metabolism Department to see your blood pressure, Whether the blood sugar and blood lipids are normal, observe the state of endocrine, and design the daily routine that you should follow according to the doctor's instructions to avoid the real deterioration of diabetes.

The blood sugar test is normal, why is it possible to get diabetes? What examinations do I need for diabetes?

However, some people may be wondering, why are they still diagnosed with diabetes when their blood sugar levels are normal during the health check? In fact, there are two reasons for this.

The first reason is that the blood glucose level is between "normal" and "diabetes", and there is a "pre-diabetes" range, but the red letter is not visible on the health check report, which actually means that blood sugar has begun to be unstable.

The second reason is that most people will test the "fasting blood sugar level" during health checkups, but because diabetes is the ability to "reduce high blood sugar back to normal", the "after-meal blood sugar level" is even worse. It is easy to know if you have diabetes.

Therefore, some people may have normal or even low blood glucose levels before meals, but the blood glucose levels after meals will be too high. It is recommended that both values ​​should be measured during the diabetes check, which will be more accurate.

Will diabetes be good?

When diabetes is discovered, the islet cells responsible for making insulin are usually only half left. There is no way to recover these islet cells, so there is no way to "cure" diabetes. Only drugs can be used to control blood sugar within a certain range.

What is type 1 diabetes? What is type 2 diabetes?

Type 1 diabetes: The islet cells responsible for secreting insulin are destroyed by the immune system or other reasons, resulting in a congenital lack of insulin. Insulin must be injected to maintain the body's sugar metabolism and avoid ketoacidosis; usually it is mostly young children and the age of onset It is common from just birth to about 10 years old, but it is also possible that the disease does not occur until adulthood.

Type 2 diabetes: The most common type of diabetes is usually due to certain physical conditions, such as obesity and other diseases, which cause pancreatic islet cell necrosis, or the inability of insulin to work, leaving the body in a high blood sugar state.

Will I die if I get diabetes? What harm does the complications of diabetes do to the body?

In fact, "getting" diabetes does not immediately die, but soaking the whole body in sugar water can still cause great harm.

Common complications of diabetes

Heart disease: 50% of diabetic patients will get cardiovascular related diseases, such as myocardial infarction.

Kidney disease: 40% of diabetic patients will get kidney-related diseases, such as dialysis (dialysis).

Retinopathy: 30% of diabetic patients will get retinal-related diseases, such as retinal detachment and blindness.

Fractures: Sugar can destroy bone structure and cause fractures.

Neuropathy: The hands and feet become numb, or the body feels dull.

Get treatment for diabetes? what do I do?

Although diabetes means that the body’s pancreatic islet cells are in trouble, it can still be kept healthy by controlling blood sugar and having a good lifestyle. Many people have been in control for 20 or 30 years, which are similar to normal people.

Keep blood sugar under normal

Check for complications regularly

Stay in good mood

Fixed daily life and meals

Does diabetes need to eat health food? Can it help lower blood sugar?

In fact, many natural foods have the effect of "lowering blood sugar". If you want to eat health foods, it is better to choose natural foods.

Of course, some health foods can help supplement the lack of nutrition for diabetes patients, but usually health foods do not have only one ingredient. Some ingredients may aggravate diabetes. It is recommended to discuss with a doctor or nutritionist to see if you need to eat.

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