The word diabetes, which comes from Greek, means a siphon. A Greek physician named Aretus the Cappadocian (the second century A.D) named the state of the patients who had polyuria as diabainein. Thomas Willis (in 1675) adjoined “mellitus” to the word. The blood and urine of the people who have diabetes creates excessive glucose. The Latin meaning of Mel is honey and we know that glucose is also sweet in test like honey.
Diabetes mellitus means a group of metabolic diseases which are generated due to high blood sugar. It is generally known to us as diabetes. This is the state when the pancreas looses its ability to manufacture insulin which is considered to be a very essential hormone in human body. Insulin converts the sugar which remains in our daily meal into energy. Insufficient insulin results excessive glucose in our bloodstream and this unnecessary glucose causes diabetes.
Diabetes mellitus means a group of metabolic diseases which are generated due to high blood sugar. It is generally known to us as diabetes. This is the state when the pancreas looses its ability to manufacture insulin which is considered to be a very essential hormone in human body. Insulin converts the sugar which remains in our daily meal into energy. Insufficient insulin results excessive glucose in our bloodstream and this unnecessary glucose causes diabetes.
Symptoms of diabetes: A person who is suffering from diabetes depicts different types of symptoms. Some of them are following.
Dehydration- it causes excessive thirst and water consumption.
Weight loss- though the insulin deficiency increases appetites, eventually it causes weight-loss. Fatigue, Nausea, Vomiting – often few of the untreated diabetes patients make complaints about these problem.
Infectious skin – it has a prone of increasing infections on the bladder, vaginal areas and specifically on the bladder.
Infectious skin – it has a prone of increasing infections on the bladder, vaginal areas and specifically on the bladder. Blurred vision, Lethargy and Coma – diabetes patients could also face the problem of blurred vision due to fluctuations in blood glucose levels. And extremely increased glucose levels would results for lethargy and coma.
Precautions for diabetes: There are mainly three types of diabetes. Type-1 Type-2 and Gestational Diabetes. Type-1 & Type-2 are chronic means these two categories are persistent and perpetual. In the case of Gestational Diabetes, usually it develops only during pregnancy, after the birth of baby it resolves automatically.
There is no permanent solution for this chronic disease. The patients with Type 1must have to take insulin injection on regular basis, maintain proper diet and daily exercise. And Type2 patients are suggested for taking tablets, and a special diet is also prescribed by the doctors. The diabetes patients should also follow some crucial aspects for restraining this disorder, such as -1) No smoking, 2) regularly monitor blood pressure, blood sugar levels and urine test (especially micro-albuminous), 3) detect or check out the lipid profile(especially the LDL cholesterol). And lastly you need to check-up your eyes regularly.
