Type 2 Diabetes

When you eat, your body turns some food into a sugar called glucose.  The cells that make up your body need this glucose to give you energy. Your body also makes insulin. Insulin helps glucose get into your cells. Type 2 diabetes is a illness where your body doesn’t use insulin well or doesn’t make enough insulin. Now, the glucose can’t get into your cells. It stays in your blood, while your cells are starved for energy.  The high levels of glucose in your blood damage nerves and blood vessels. This may cause  heart illness, eye illness, kidney illness, and nerve problems. These problems can lead to heart attacks, stroke, blindness, amputation, and dialysis.

How can you tell when you’ve kind 2 diabetes?

More than six million individuals  in the United States have kind 2 diabetes and do not know it. You mightn’t have any signs. Or, your signs might  be so mild that you do not even notice them.

You might’ve diabetes if you –  

o  Are thirsty most of the time

o  Are hungry even though you eat enough

o  Are tired all the time

o  Need to urinate a lot

o  Notice that things look blurry

o  Make certain to get a sore that doesn’t heal

Sometimes people  have signs but do not think they have diabetes.  The earlier you find out that you have diabetes, the better. Treatment can stop diabetes from damaging your body. When you have signs that you think might  be related to diabetes, talk with your physician.

How can kind 2 diabetes be prevented?

Make these changes to help reduce the risk of getting diabetes –  

o  Reach and maintain a healthy body weight

o  Make wise food options

o  Be physically active every day