How Sweet It Isn't: It's Diabetes Awareness Month
Monday, October 30, 2006
Healthline
Diabetes.
In observance of American Diabetes Month, Healthline wants you to know that diabetes is something you can live without. Diabetes is a group of diseases that wreaks havoc on virtually every important body system. It develops when the body mistakenly attacks the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin (type 1 diabetes), or when the pancreas gradually loses its ability to produce it (type 2 diabetes). Without insulin, glucose is shut out of cells, leaving them lifeless.
There is no way to prevent type 1 diabetes, but people who develop type 2 diabetes can make life-saving, lifestyle changes--eating a healthy diet, exercising, losing weight if overweight, controlling high blood pressure, managing high cholesterol, taking insulin or oral medications as directed.
Complications of Diabetes
- Heart disease and stroke
- High blood pressure
- Amputations
- Dental disease
- Complications of pregnancy
- Coma
By the way, 6.2 million people don’t know they have diabetes.
*Source: American Diabetes Association
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