Is characterized by a high concentration of glucose in the blood (greater than 1.26 g / liter or 6.9 mmol / l). Diabetes is caused when insulin deficiency and that sugar accumulates in the blood causing hyperglycemia, without being used by the body.
There are 2 types of diabetes: Diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and non-diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). The Central Hospital of Yaounde has become aware of various complications of this disease and have prepared a diabetes center.
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Hyperglycemia & Glucose
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Diabetes : Symptoms & Consequences
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010What symptoms and what consequences?
The regulation of glucose in the body is complex and varies according to blood glucose:
- The secretion of insulin.
- Food that provides glucose, mostly from carbohydrates, to replenish energy reserves.
- Physical activity that is going to consume sugar in muscle and mobilize reserves.
Without insulin, blood glucose rises: is hyperglycemia. The excess glucose will be partially eliminated in the urine, resulting in an increased need to urinate and increased thirst. If these signs are ignored several days, hyperglycemia can become very dangerous. In the very long term, hyperglycemia can have serious health consequences. The low rate of glucose or ‘hypo’ is the consequence of excess insulin, most often due to a processing error in children with diabetes. Hypoglycemia may also be the consequence of consumption of glucose more than expected for example in case of unexpected prolonged physical effort. It can occur suddenly with symptoms reflecting the reaction of the nervous system at the lack of glucose as paleness, sweating and trembling, but also behavioral problems, aggression or apathy, or even loss of consciousness, which reflect the lack of glucose level brain. Severe hypoglycemia is exceptional in school.
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Factors of Diabetes Mellitus
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
What are its causes?
The most common cause of Diabetes Mellitus is insufficient production of insulin by the pancreas. Lack of insulin causes hyperglycemia and glucosuria. Insulin is a hormone produced by special cells called beta cells in the pancreas, an organ in the area behind the stomach. Insulin is needed to move blood sugar (glucose) into cells where it is stored and used later for energy. In type 1 diabetes, these cells produce little or no insulin. Glucose is a sugar that comes from the food we eat, circulates in the blood and is used by the body to provide the energy needed to develop any type of work.
There are several forms of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes used to be called juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent. This type of diabetes can occur at any age but is most often diagnosed in children, adolescents or young adults. When no insulin in young diabetics (Type 1) or not working properly, as in adults (type 2), sugar is no more blood to the organs and the performance is poor. At the time, sugar accumulates in the blood in quantities greater than normal, appearing hyperglycemia.
When blood glucose exceeds 180 mg, the body can not hold it, so that eliminated in urine: Glycosuria. In one patient poorly controlled or untreated hyperglycemia and glycosuria appears. Without enough insulin, glucose accumulates in the bloodstream instead of entering cells and the body is unable to use it for energy. This leads to symptoms of type 1 diabetes. After 5 to 10 years, beta cells produce insulin in the pancreas are completely destroyed and the body can not produce this hormone.
The exact cause is unknown, but chances are there is a viral or environmental trigger in genetically susceptible individuals causes an immune reaction. The body’s white blood cells mistakenly attack the pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin.
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