how do u get diabetes?
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Type 1 Diabetes is caused from damage to the pancreas due to certain viral infections, gall stones or alcohol.Genetics also play a role\nType 2 Diabetes is caused from inheritance, overweight, high carb diet, certain medicines such as steriods.
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This depends greatly on what type of diabetes u have and how severe it is. Type 1 diabetes or juvinial diabetes cannot be controlled with out the use of injectable insulin. In this type of diabetes the islets of langerhorn in the pancreas do not produce the insulin neccessary for cells to metabolise food. Without this, the body will actually start to produce acids that eat the person's own fat cells. This produces a state of ketoacidosis. eventually the body will become so ill used and dehydrated that kidney falure and even coma can occur. Very serious stuff! The type 1 diabetic must take insulin to replace the stuff that their body cannot make on its own. Diet and exercise are also very important here.\nType 2 diabetes (often referred to as adult onset diabetes) can ofetn be controlled with diet and exercise. Type two dibetes is often caused from th body not being able to effectively use its own insulin. There are oral meds that can be taken to help the body do this if diet and exercise are not enough. Sometimes the condition is so bad that type 2 diabetics may have to use injectable insulin for awhile.\nIf you are diabetic I recommend finding out all you can about your disease. Knowlege is the best tool you can have at your disposal. It is important to learn how to evaluate your food and you caloric expendature if you are to stay healthy. You need to find a good doctor (called an endocrinologist) to help you decide what your treatment plan should be. After you familiarise yourself with the disease it is possible to self evaluate yourself most of the time under only the occasional advice of your physician. But do not do this until you know what you are doing. Diabetes can take a great toll later on in life if you don't take care of yourself. Kidney failure, limb amputation, blindness and neuropathy are just a few things to fear in a diabetic's future. \nI hope this helps. If you have any questions feel free to contact me!
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Diabetes occurs when the body's insulin production is impaired in some way.  When there is insufficient insulin in the body, the complex sugars in our food cannot be broken down into glucose for use by our cells.  Ironically enough, this leads to a situation where the blood has excess sugar but the cells are starved of glucose.  Since glucose is required for many cellular functions and to provide energy, the depletion of cellular glucose ultimately leads to a feeling of fatigue.
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From Type I diabetes there really isn't anything you can do.\n\nFor Type II ... avoid becoming obese.  You need to stay active and healthy.  If you have a family history of Type II diabetes you need to be very careful about keeping your weight within a healthy range, avoid drinking alcohol in excess, and stay active.
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I was born diabetic. I've been through most of the major complications that diabetics go through, blindness, neuropathy, commas from high and low glucose levels, kidney failure and kidney/pancreas transplant. If you have a high glucose level, the only thing you should be putting in your body is insulin! Even water has a negative impact. As most of us with diabetes, you probably have high blood pressure. Consuming water increases the amount of water being retained in your entire system, hence water retention, causing your heart and kidneys to much harder than normal under all ready difficult conditions. Don't give high blood sugar levels anything to feed on. go exercise and get your mind off eating.
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Get your diabetes under control and lose weight.
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Cut back on sugar and fats. Sugars become fat if you don't burn them off. Also, try to exercise more. If you are type 2, chances are you can control your sugar with diet, exercise and maybe some prescriptions. But you have to be careful because you don't want to become insulin dependent. Also, diabetes can lead to other serious health problems if not taken care of. But most people with Type 2 live normal lives.\nGood luck!
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Diabetes is not a disease . It is disorder due to deficiency in insulin production. So there is no cure for it. You have to control it properly by diet, exercise, avoiding stress both physical and mental and reducing weight if you are over weight.  By controling you can live a normal life  and as many years as others live.
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Diabetics have a pancreatic disorder in which they can not produce insuline.\nInsuline is secreted when we eat all types of sugars. It does not destroy or remove it. It aids the body in utilizing the sugar for energy and storage.\nInsuline injections do the same. It replaces what the body should have created, but can not.\nHowever, there are different types of diabetes. Some people just eat too much sugar and do not produce anough insuline. Those are usually the overwieght. These people can control thier diabetes through a strict diet plan and sometimes not take any meds at all.\nFor those that produce no insuline, it doesn't matter how much sugar you eat or how much you wiegh, you will always need injections.
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I'm sorry to have to tell you that, at this time, there is no proven cure for diabetes.\nThere are a lot of claims for "cures", but, so far, none have stood up to rigorous testing.\n\nSome forms of diabetes (type 1) will require treatment with insulin, other forms (type 2) may respond to changes in diet and exercise, or may need oral medication..  but be aware that you are only treating the effects, you are not curing the disease, and it will need constant care and monitoring.  \n\nIf you suspect you are diabetic, then consult a reputable doctor as early as possible.
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ok..in english diabetes is the inability of cells to use sugar in the blood due to either a lack of insulin (produced by the pancreas) or the inability for a cell to transport sugar across the cell. because your cells cannot use the sugar it stays in limbo between the cells (high blood sugar)until it is filtered out through the kidneys (this causes alot of pressure and can destroy them). the high blood sugar also puts alot of pressure on the eyes that can cause blindness. another effect if left untreated is pariphial neuropathy..a big word for loss of circulation and feeling in the lower extremities (legs) this can lead to sores that cannot heal (because the cells cannot use the sugar for energy) these are things that do not happen all at once but over time. If you do not keep your sugar under control these things WILL happen...PLEASE take this disease seriously...many times the treatment is diet and exercise depending on how much insulin your pancreas does produce..if this does not work you will need to take medicine every day for the rest of your life (which is much better than the consiquences of not treating it ....amputation, blindness, kidney failure, stroke, heart attack, ect...this list continues to grow.
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Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life. The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise appear to play roles.\n\nThere are 20.8 million people in the United States, or 7% of the population, who have diabetes. While an estimated 14.6 million have been diagnosed with diabetes, unfortunately, 6.2 million people (or nearly one-third) are unaware that they have the disease.\n\nIn order to determine whether or not a patient has pre-diabetes or diabetes, health care providers conduct a Fasting Plasma Glucose Test (FPG) or an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT). Either test can be used to diagnose pre-diabetes or diabetes. The American Diabetes Association recommends the FPG because it is easier, faster, and less expensive to perform.\n\nWith the FPG test, a fasting blood glucose level between 100 and 125 mg/dl signals pre-diabetes. A person with a fasting blood glucose level of 126 mg/dl or higher has diabetes.\n\nIn the OGTT test, a person's blood glucose level is measured after a fast and two hours after drinking a glucose-rich beverage. If the two-hour blood glucose level is between 140 and 199 mg/dl, the person tested has pre-diabetes. If the two-hour blood glucose level is at 200 mg/dl or higher, the person tested has diabetes.\nMajor Types of Diabetes\n\n\nThe Complete Guide to Diabetes, 4th EditionFurther Reading . . .\nThe Complete Guide to Diabetes has been completely revised to bring you all the information you need to live an active, healthy life with diabetes. Now in its fourth edition, this guide gives you information on the best self-care techniques and the latest medical advances. If you have diabetes, this guide will answer all your questions.\nFor more books on healthy living, click here.\n\nType 1 diabetes\nResults from the body's failure to produce insulin, the hormone that "unlocks" the cells of the body, allowing glucose to enter and fuel them. It is estimated that 5-10% of Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 1 diabetes.\n\nType 2 diabetes\nResults from insulin resistance (a condition in which the body fails to properly use insulin), combined with relative insulin deficiency. Most Americans who are diagnosed with diabetes have type 2 diabetes.\n\nGestational diabetes\nGestational diabetes affects about 4% of all pregnant women - about 135,000 cases in the United States each year.\n\nPre-diabetes\nPre-diabetes is a condition that occurs when a person's blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. There are 41 million Americans who have pre-diabetes, in addition to the 20.8 million with diabetes.\nAdditional Information\n\n\nDiabetes Learning Center for the Recently Diagnosed\nYou've just been diagnosed with diabetes. Chances are you have a million questions running through your head. To help you answer those questions, and take the first steps toward better diabetes care, visit the Diabetes Learning Center -- an area for people who have been recently diagnosed with diabetes, or those needing basic information.\n\nDiabetes Symptoms\nOften diabetes goes undiagnosed because many of its symptoms seem so harmless. Learn what they are in this section.\n\nDiabetes Risk Test\nMore than 20 million Americans have diabetes - nearly one in three does not know it! Take our diabetes risk test to see if you are at risk for having diabetes. Diabetes is more common in African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.\n\nDiabetes Myths\nFind the truth about some of the most common myths about diabetes.\n\nDiabetes Statistics\nWith so many people affected by diabetes, the American Diabetes Association has compiled statistics on the impact of diabetes and its complica
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You don't get infected by it.  Two types of diabetes, one type is hereditary and the other, adult onset diabetes, is usually due to obesity, poor diet, lack of excersise and other health problems.
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It is done with insulin.  The insulin (made by the islets of Langerhan in the pancreas)  allows the Glucose (sugar) to enter the cells.  A biofeedback regulates the amount of insulin released.  When this goes wrong people become diabetic
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yes it is possible. diabetes is when the body cannot regulate blood glucose level automatically.diabetes is hereditary although they do have a chance of not getting it. it would be a good thing to talk to your doctor and see what age you should get them tested at. people that continuously drink and drink more than normal is a sign that they may have diabetes. search through the link i have given you to find out more.
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You can get type two diabetes. They aren't sure exactly how but poor eating habits lack of excercise age and most of all obesity.
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If you have diabetes & Impotence you may be able to get viagra via your doctor (on NHS) as it is medically known that diabetes can cause impotency as well as other problems with in body.  The NHS recognises these problems as is there to help people lead a normal and healthy life.