There are mainly two types of Diabetes, Type1 and Type2, and it simply means you have too much glucose (sugar) in your blood, wether you are type1 of type2.
SIMILARITIES
As a result, Type1 and Type2 diabetes share a common symptoms:
-Feeling more tired than usual.
– Needing to go to the toilet more than usual, particularly at night.
-Feeling really thirsty.
-Having blurred vision.
-Losing weight without trying to.
-Experiencing thrush or gential itching.
-Wounds and cuts taking longer to heal.
DIFFERENCES
The differences between Type1 and Type2 diabetes lies in how having too much glucose in your body happens. This affects how the symptoms of diabetes appear, it appears much more quickly in Type1.
In Type1 Diabetes, it develops quickly over days or weeks , as the pancreas stops making insulin. This would be as the body attacking and destroying it’s cells that produce insulin.
Treatments for Type1 is usually with insulin, dieting such as counting carbs and exercise.
Type2 diabetes is caused by a level of glucose (sugar) in the blood to become too high. Type 2 can occur at any age, including during childhood, but it occurs mainly in people aged over 40.
CAUSES OF TYPE 2 DIABETES
* You can develop type2 Diabetes because you do not make enough insulin for your body needs.
* The cells in your body does not use insulin properly. This is called insulin resistance. The cells in your body becomes resistance to normal levels of it’s insulin. This means that you need more insulin than your body normally make to keep the blood glucose (sugar) level down. OR
* A combination of both.
People who are at risk of developing type2 diabetes are those with strong family history, as well as if you come form a certain ethnic background, also what increases risk is your age, those who are above 40, should limit the extent to which they consume sugary substances and engage in more healthy meals and physical activities.
But a big factor is your weight.
You should watch and control your weight, especially in people who are of Apple shape than the pear shape.
By Apple shape, we mean having fats around your tummy/belly area. Overweight shouldn’t be carried into old age. As you get older, it is good for you to loose more weight.
Treatments for type2 Diabetes
Lifestyle changes are an essential part of treatments for people with type2 Diabetes.
people With type2 Diabetes can reduce their blood glucose (and HbA1c) to their target level with changes to their diet, weight and exercise. That’s the first treatment given to a type 2 patient.
You can actually reverse your type2 Diabetes by:
* Dieting: What you eat is absolutely central to your blood glucose control, as well as your general health. The food you eat on a daily basis play an important role in managing your Diabetes, as well as ensuring you keep well and have enough energy for your daily activities.
Cutting down in carbs and eating more healthy and rich food in fiber, like Beans, unripe plantain, oats, green vegetables and fruits can help in reversing your Type2 Diabetes.
In eating fruits, you should be conscious as to know some fruits contains natural sugar and can easily spark your blood sugar. Fruits like bananas, should not be eaten more than on a medium level. it is important to speak to a dietitian to plan out a meal plan for you to help with your overall health.
* Lose weight: If you are overweight, getting into a perfect weight is unrealistic for many people. Loosing some weight if you are obese of overweight will help reduce your blood glucose and blood pressure levels and help your over all health.
* Do some physical activities regularly: For physical activities it means any activity that helps to improve or maintaining physical fitness as well as health in general.
You don’t necessarily have to visit the gym in order to carry out physical activities. A simple walk of 30mims, dancing, jogging, swimming, skipping are also physical activities band can help with your overall health.
However, Type 2 diabetes can also be controlled with medications which are given mostly in tablet forms. But then, in some people with Type2 Diabetes needs insulin injections to help control blood sugar (glucose) level.
