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The most common symptoms of diabetes
Many of the symptoms of type 1 diabetes resemble those of type 2 diabetes. In both cases there is too much glucose in blood and failure in your body cells.
The high glucose levels in type 1 diabetes are due to a lack of insulin because the cells that produce insulin are destroyed. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body becomes resistant to produced insulin. However, cells in your body are not getting the glucose they need, and your body will send some red flags.
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Starting with 6 years old, since you’re perfectly aware of what is around you, and start to realize if you’re hurt, if you’re bleeding, if you’re dizzy, drunk or tired, you should have someone near you (parents for example, or the family doctor) that should indicate you to pay attention to what always happens with your body and the signals that it often gives you.
A few days ago, I had some signs that are permanently linked with the feeling of hypoglycemia, and as never, just like in Proust’s novels, I …
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Learn something singing and dancing. This is not only fun! Hear the words and learn about diabetes, pancreatic cells, symptoms, weight loss, insulin injections, devices to measure blood glucose, insulin pumps, carbohydrates, sugar, ketoacidosis, coma, hyper and hypoglycemia, glucagon and many others. If you learn the words, it will be a unique song that will teach you what it means and how to treat diabetes. Good Luck !
The Diabetes Rap from L.W. and D-Zome
Take shots, count carbs, Diabetic stuff
If you ain`t one, sit down !
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How Does a Person Aquire Diabetes ?
Diabetes is a condition where the body, or to be precise the pancreas, loses its ability to create insulin, the chemical necessary to regulate blood sugar levels. As we take in food, a substance called glucose enters through the bloodstream, and it is insulin’s role to make sure that that glucose is carried to different parts of the body, in turn fuels us with the energy we need. Diabetes is often considered as a silent disease, much like cancer and nearly five out of …
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By Mayo Clinic staff
Prediabetes means that your blood sugar level is higher than normal, but it’s not yet increased enough to be classified as type 2 diabetes. Still, without intervention, prediabetes is likely to become type 2 diabetes in 10 years or less. And, if you have prediabetes, the long-term damage of diabetes — especially to your heart and circulatory system — may already be starting.
The word pre-diabetes refers to is going on within you body prior to the time when you actually develop diabetes. type two diabetes is the …


