Question by Sarah: what are the symptoms, cures, and treatments for diabetes?
diabetes type 2, or 1 what ever?

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Answer by Aqua
What Is It?
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic condition in which the body cannot successfully convert sugar into energy for tissue and organ cells. A person with diabetes will have abnormally high levels of blood sugar, especially after consuming starchy foods like rice, potatoes, and bread. Diabetes can affect both men and women at any age. Even children can develop cases of diabetes. There are three types of diabetes: type 1, type 2, and type 3.

Types
Type 1 diabetes occurs as a result of an autoimmune condition. The pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin, and as a result, glucose builds up in the bloodstream. It is unknown what causes type 1 diabetes.

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Question by lioness: What are some Natural Treatments for Diabetes?
Can it be controlled with diet?

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Answer by daMOman100
Type 2 can be controlled by diet and excercise, type 1 by insulin injections but a healthy diet and exercise is still very vital for a diabetic patients health.

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Question by Jonas Cole: Do you know any natural treatments for diabetes?
I will appriciate if I can get the one that works well

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Answer by Jamie
that Ayurveda or was it natural health guy used a combination of three natural drugs and tight dietary control to achieve a reading of 7.3 which is just about acceptable – the advantage being that the liver is spared the problem of processing them

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Question by alexey: What are recommended treatments for diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus?

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Answer by Aurora
Diabetes mellitus – caused either by lack of insulin, or the body’s insensitivity to insulin. Treatment is dietary control, insulin injections and/or, in some cases, oral medications.

Diabetes insipidus – caused by lack of ADH (central DI) or by kidney insensitivity to ADH (nephrogenic DI). Treatment of central DI is regulation of water intake, and DDAVP (synthetic ADH); in the nephrogenic kind, salt restriction and a thiazide diuretic (medicine that makes you pee) are used

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Are you familiar with the metabolic disorder called diabetes mellitus?

Way back in 2005, diabetics in the US have already reached a total of 20.8 million. At present, the number has extremely increased. Among the prevalent diabetic cases, diabetes mellitus makes up about 90-95%.

Pre-diabetic cases are also increasing and if these people don’t employ preventive measures, their condition can get worse and become full-blown diabetes.

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The blood glucose level is the amount of glucose in the blood. Glucose is a sugar that comes from the foods we eat, and it’s also formed and stored inside the body. It’s the main source of energy for the cells of our body, and it’s carried to each cell through the bloodstream.

Hyperglycemia (pronounced: hi-per-gly-see-me-uh) is the medical word for high blood sugar levels. High blood sugar levels happen when the body either can’t make insulin (type 1 diabetes) or can’t respond to insulin properly (type 2 diabetes). The body needs insulin so glucose in the blood can enter the cells of the body where it can be used for energy. In people who have developed diabetes, glucose builds up in the blood, resulting in hyperglycemia.

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One of them is reducing glycemic load. What does it mean by reducing it and why would you want this to happen?

Some other treatments are:
-increase insulin secretion
-increase sensitivity to insulin
-enhance glucose metabolism in cells
-etc….

Type 2 diabetes is often associated with obesity and the insulin concern is either the insufficiency of its production or the lack of response by the body cells to insulin functions.

Hence, treatments involve the implementation of a proper diet, enough exercise, and drug medication. However, this type of diabetes is known to be progressive or can get worse and may reach a point where symptoms will have to be addressed by insulin injections.   

Based on statistics, 95% of people with known medical records of diabetes are affected by the type 2. Nonetheless, both types 1 and 2  diabetes are considered as incurable and the treatment for both is aimed at controlling the blood glucose at a normal level.    

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