DIABETES AWARENESS AND YOUR HEALTH CHOIC

Diabetes Presentation

1. DIABETES AWARENESS

2. CONTENT What is Diabetes Mellitus? Types of Diabetes Signs and Symptoms How to diagnose diabetes? Complications Treatment

3. WHAT IS DIABETES Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose, or sugar, for our body to use . The pancreas , makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies. When you have diabetes, your body either doesn’t make enough insulin or can’t use its own insulin as well as it should. This causes the sugar to build up in your blood.

4. Types of diabetes Type 1 (Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus) Juvenile –onset diabetes ,may account for 5% to 10% of all diagnosed case of diabetes. Type 2 (Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus),may account for about 90% to 95% oof all diagnosed cases of diabetes. Weight gain/Obesity Gestational Diabetes Pregnant women who gets diabetes mellitus.

5. symptoms Always hungry Always thirsty Weakness Wounds that won’t heal Weight loss Numbness in hands/feet Frequent urination Blurry vision Nausea

6. WARNING SIGNS OF DIABETES Polyuria( Frequent Urination) Polyphagia(Insatiable hunger/extreme Hunger Polydipsia(excessive thirst) Lack energy Weight loss.

7. How to diagnose diabetes Normal range -100mg/dl Prediabetes – 100mg/dl-125 mg/dl Diabetes -126 mg/dl Fasting Plasma Glucose

8. complications Eye – can get blurring of vision leading to blindness Heart –high risk of heart attack Kidney failure leading to dialysis Nerve damage –reduces sensation to both hands and feet leading to injury, which can be complicated further by infection .

9. Treatment Lifestyle modification Diet control Physical activity/exercise 30 min 3times a week. Weight reduction Stop smoking Medical Therapy Oral hypoglycemic agent Insulin Injection Control blood pressure Control cholesterol level.

10. conclusion Diabetes is a serious disease with multiple complication Diabetes is common but you can reduce your risk by losing even a small amount of weight .

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