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All over the world celebrated World Diabetes Day, a date important to make people aware about this disease. Organized jointly by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF, for its acronym in English) and the World Health Organization (WHO), this celebration took place on Saturday 14 November.

The World Diabetes Day is an important vehicle for all countries to ensure that people know the true magnitude of the problem of diabetes, a disease that currently affects approximately 220 million people, according to official figures published on the site WHO web.

How could it be otherwise, the secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon issued a message in the context of World Diabetes Day, which was published in full in the official website of the international organization.

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Recently, in our health blog, we told you that stress is the epidemic of XXI century. Well, on this occasion, we have seen that there is another important relationship, diabetes, epidemic, as it is a disease that is widespread in society.

The truth, we can say that diabetes is an epidemic, since according to IDF (International Diabetes Federation) have it about 246 million people worldwide, a tremendous figure.

But for those who wonder what diabetes is, we can say that it is a chronic disease that is characterized by blood sugar levels high. To counter this excess sugar, diabetics (some, we) have to take insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas and is necessary for life.

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The diabetes treatment, and with it the continuous monitoring of blood glucose is now no longer as expensive and complicated as it was some decades ago. Much is taken from diabetic patients with good medical care and support for small devices. On the self of his own blood sugar may not yet be dispensed with.

Thus the continuous blood sampling is not always the annoying and painful matter, should make diabetes a few things before and while they control themselves. With a gentle pricking of the blood collection is far more relaxed.

When do you measure
How often blood glucose should be monitored on a case generally depends on the diabetes therapy. Additional blood sugar provisions may be particularly important, however, in special situations. For example, if signs of hypoglycaemia or a disease that is associated with fever, vomiting and diarrhea. Also in sports, travel, before a long car ride or a change in diet may be important that people know their blood glucose levels and responds appropriately to changes.

Fear of discomfort
The need for blood sugar measurements in diabetes therapy is controversial. Yet many fear affected pain during stinging, calluses or impairment of sensation in his fingers. Often triggers even from the sight of “naked” lancet fear. Modern lancing devices, in which the lancet is not visible, can contribute greatly to lose that fear. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are some tips for making your glucose monitoring sting does not hurt.

The only way you can know if you are controlling your diabetes is through self-monitoring, that means you have to sting your finger at least once a day. This procedure is uncomfortable for people with diabetes because it is painful, but here we offer a guide to hurt a little less:

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Free screenings for diabetes will be offered on Saturday August 7 from 9 am 2 p.m. Diabetes Expo at the “Health and Welfare” to be held at the Convention Center Hotel Holiday Inn in Springdale.

Do not ask for ID and is free, said Krista Coffee, deputy director of the Northwest Arkansas office of the American Diabetes Association (ADA for its acronym in English).

Spanish translators will be 12 and there will be information available in English and Spanish, said Lori Bramlett, regional director of ADA.

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Diabetes is detected by measuring the amount of glucose in the blood after a person has fasted (abstained from food) for about eight hours. In some cases, doctors diagnose diabetes by administering a test of oral glucose tolerance test, which measures glucose levels before and after a certain amount of sugar has been ingested.

Another test being developed for type 1 diabetes are looking for specific antibodies (immune system proteins that attack foreign substances) present only in people with diabetes. This test can detect the type 1 diabetes at an early stage, reducing the risk of complications of the disease.

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Diabetes mellitus is a disease in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone that helps the body’s tissues absorb glucose (sugar) so it can be used as a source of energy. The condition may also develop if muscle cells, fat and liver do not respond well to insulin. In people with diabetes, glucose levels build up in blood and urine, causing excessive urination, thirst, hunger, and problems with fat and protein metabolism.

Diabetes mellitus differs from the less common diabetes insipidus, which is caused by the lack of the hormone vasopressin that controls the amount of urine secreted.

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In Mexico, 14 of every 100 people between 20 and 60 have diabetes, a health problem that appears to be excessive accumulation of glucose in the blood due to a deterioration in the secretion and / or action of the hormone insulin, produced by the pancreas and responsible for maintaining normal blood sugar levels.

Approximately 25 to 35 percent of diabetes patients follow a control on his problem, which means that a large majority of patients do not, at least in the right way.

In order to raise awareness about the importance of diabetes patient education and that it deals with the problem of health holistically, in Mexico City took place on 26 May, the first International Summit for Patient Education Diabetes. The meeting was organized by the Mexican National Association of Diabetes Educators (ANMED), and was attended by representatives of similar organizations in England, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica and Guatemala.

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Maintain a healthy diet is one of the best ways you can treat diabetes. Since there are no treatments to get rid of diabetes, when the person is diagnosed with diabetes should start maintaining a healthy diet.

The person must not only take care with the amount of grams of sugar you eat during the day, but also have to eat less carbohydrates. What this means is that the person can not eat many foods containing white flour. There are many products on the market that are made for diabetics. In the U.S. products are called “Sugar Free” or “Sugar Free.” These products have artificial sugar content has no calories but gives the sweet taste to food.

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Temporary resistance to insulin during pregnancy. The so-called gestational diabetes occurring during pregnancy at a rate of 1% to 14% of patients, and almost always debut between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy.

Sometimes it may persist after birth and is associated with increased maternal disorders (hypertension or high blood pressure, vaginal infections and urinary tract, premature delivery and caesarean) and serious harm to the baby (macrosomia fetal death, ie overgrowth of the product because it is exposed to more glucose than usual this is because it stimulates your pancreas secretes insulin abundance increases their development, which can lead to injury at the time of passing through the birth canal .)

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