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Now, there is an international initiative to
raise awareness about diabetes and to stimulate effective measures for
its surveillance, prevention and control. For more information on
"health service diabetes", read How
To Live With Diabetes?
You are at a higher
risk of developing this condition if:
1) you are overweight.
2) you are already suffering from gestational diabetes.
3) you are of African-American, Latino, Asian-American, or Native
American descent.
4) you are more than 45 years old.
5) you have a family history of type 2 diabetes.
6) you have high blood pressure (140/90 mm/Hg or higher).
The number of patients suffering from diabetes symptoms is staggering,
one needs to pay attention to diet and exercise, because exercise helps
your body use insulin better to convert glucose into energy for cells.
Everyone with type 1 diabetes and some people with type 2 diabetes, need
to take insulin injections. Some people with type 2 diabetes diet can
manage their disease with weight loss and exercise alone and don't need
any diabetes medication for the same.
People often find that
diabetes affects more than their physical health. They might also find
that living with diabetes affects them emotionally, socially and
psychologically. Communities and governments need to address the rapidly
growing number of people with diabetes, its personal and socioeconomic
impacts and the capacity for this disease to cause extensive personal
misery and significant cost burden on the national economy.
The
organizations like health service diabetes provide patients and their
families with the "survival skills" of diabetes self-management
including: insulin injections and medications,blood glucose monitoring,
meal planning, foot care and more. They provide you the diabetes care,
refer you to specialists.
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