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Although diabetes can produce a range of symptoms, many of the early signs of diabetes may seem very similar to the symptoms of certain health conditions. This can make it difficult to recognize this condition. However, it is important to identify and treat diabetes early, such as diabetes untreated can lead to serious health complications. Knowledge about the symptoms of diabetes is immensely important to prevent these complications. The symptoms of diabetes in men is explained below.

Excessive thirst and urination
Excessive thirst and urine are regarded as some of the symptoms of diabetes more common. Both men and women with diabetes may experience frequent urination or “polyuria and excessive thirst or” polydipsia. Frequent urination is caused by high glucose levels, which negatively affects the filtering ability of the kidneys. The kidneys begin to get more water from the blood as a result of the affected person experiences an increase in frequency of urination. Urinating often causes loss of excess body fluids or dehydration, which is manifested in the increased thirst.

Unusual weight loss and fatigue
Unexplained weight loss is another symptom of diabetes in men and women. Weight loss may be due to the fact that in diabetes the cells of the body can not absorb and use glucose from the blood effectively. The body cells need glucose for energy and thus an inability to absorb glucose can also lead to unusual fatigue.

Increased appetite
Diabetic patients experience constant hunger or an increase in appetite, if the body produces high levels of insulin in an attempt to reduce the sugar in the blood. The presence of high levels of insulin in the body may increase hunger, which is why some diabetic patients may start eating more. An increase in appetite can sometimes result in weight gain. However, some people with diabetes can lose weight despite eating more than usual.

Nerve damage
Nerve damage is one of the symptoms of diabetes more important in women and men. The nerves, especially the nerves of the peripheral nervous system can be damaged by high glucose levels. This is termed as diabetic neuropathy. The peripheral nervous system damage may be manifested in tingling and numbness in the legs, feet, hands and fingers and toes.

Recurrent infection and slow healing of wounds
A high level of blood sugar can also slow healing of wounds. Along with this, some men with diabetes may have recurrent infections. These two are regarded as warning signs of diabetes or high blood sugar.

Changes in vision
blurred vision or changes in vision may be a common complaint among individuals with high blood sugar. When the level of blood sugar is consistently high, sugar accumulates in the lens of the eye and damage the blood vessels of the retina. This condition is called diabetic retinopathy, which if untreated can lead to blindness.

Erectile Dysfunction
A major symptom of diabetes observed in men is erectile dysfunction. The diabetes and high blood glucose can damage nerves slowly and blood vessels in the penis. This eventually can lead to erectile dysfunction.

Other symptoms
Apart from the above symptoms, some additional symptoms of diabetes can be seen in some people. These symptoms include dry mouth, headaches, swelling, redness and tenderness in the gums and skin develop dark spots on the neck, armpits and groin (acanthosis nigricans).

While physical inactivity, poor diet and even stress are factors that can lead to diabetes, increases the chance of at least 75 percent of the children of parents affected by this disease.

Even before diagnosis may have symptoms such as weight loss, increased desire to eat, drink water and urinate, and show signs of depression.

In this regard, Dr. Marco Antonio Villalvazo Molho, member of the Mexican Diabetes Federation, explained that this chronic-degenerative occurs when the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone that controls blood sugar or glucose in the blood, this should be checked by laboratory tests.

Having high blood glucose (hyperglycemia), a shortage of insulin causes sugar to accumulate in the blood and in response the organism excreted in the urine, discarding an important source of energy that is not used, the recurring need empty the bladder is called polyuria. Read the rest of this entry »

In Argentina, the two and a half million people suffer from this disease, there are about a million who ignores him. In order to maintain a stable level of “sugar” blood, today medical science has developed new tools and treatments less stringent than in the past. But to tackle the disease, one must first know it.

When we talk about blood sugar we refer to a particular carbohydrate, glucose. For proper use in the body, there is insulin, a hormone secreted by the pancreas as well withdraw from circulation the surplus glucose is responsible for facilitating their entry into cells of the liver and muscles where it is deposited in glycogen, and that penetrates the fat cells to be stored as fat. Thus, the body energy reserves.

But this regulatory mechanism can fail and increase the level of blood glucose, also called glucose, which is the most visible manifestation of the diabetic disease.

Much is said of diabetes and is described as a silent disease, with emphasis on family history and symptoms such as excessive thirst and urination abundant, but in reality, the high values ??of blood glucose are due to different causes . In other words, the symptom is one but two diabetes. Read the rest of this entry »

Type 2 diabetes is closely linked to overweight and obesity. As well as other conditions such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease and high cholesterol, but what is the relationship? Why being overweight or obese may develop diabetes?

Everything you eat is converted into energy for the body, when we eat foods like carbohydrates or simple sugars go directly into the bloodstream increasing the concentration of blood glucose to lower these levels, the pancreas begins to secrete a hormone called insulin, which is necessary for cells to take glucose.

Abuse of foods rich in sugars results in the pancreas is exhausted and produce less insulin, which means that cells are able to obtain glucose, added to it, the latter begin to experience a phenomenon called insulin resistance, the which causes the glucose, even if insulin can not enter the cell.

This causes:
The body does not work properly because there is no power.
We feel tired.
There is less production of insulin because the pancreas is exhausted.
Rising levels of blood glucose.
Diabetes develops.

Too much sugar can be used by the liver for triglyceride synthesis, which are released into the blood causing hypertriglyceridemia.

People with diabetes have an increased risk of heart disease, which is compounded if you have high cholesterol or triglycerides. Cholesterol is a lipid produced by the body but also get from certain foods, while triglycerides are formed by excessive sugar intake.

People who are overweight and / or obese are more likely to have high cholesterol or triglycerides, although many thin people can have them also derived from a diet rich in fat. It follows from the need for people with diabetes check constantly these two lipid levels and also take care that your fat intake, in addition to sugar and carbohydrates.

How often do I have to check my cholesterol and triglycerides?

At least once a year. The American Heart Association of America indicates that you must present at least 40 ml / gl of HDL cholesterol and 100 mg / dl of LDL or bad cholesterol to rule out a problem of high cholesterol. The normal range for triglycerides is below 150 mg / dl. Read the rest of this entry »

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the heart condition that affects more adults worldwide. This irregular heart rhythm causes the heart beats too fast, too slow or irregular rhythms.
It occurs when electrical signals are sent in a disorganized manner causing the atria of the heart muscle fibrillar and that this body does not pump blood properly.

By not effectively pump blood, it tends to accumulate in the heart with blood clots that travel through the circulatory system and can block blood flow to the brain, causing it to not have energy reserves and an event occurs Cerebral Vascular (EVC) or cerebral embolism.

It is important to emphasize that the FA, which can cause an embolism, usually no symptoms in the body, and when it does, can occur in palpitations, chest pain, difficulty breathing and dizziness.

According to the doctor Antonio Arauz, president of the Mexican Association of Cerebral Vascular Disease, the surest way of knowing who is doing FA have regular checkups that include cardiac analysis. Read the rest of this entry »

Can snoring cause the development of Type 2 Diabetes?

Snoring has been associated with a myriad of health problems such as poor performance due to fatigue resulting in a restless sleep, in addition, snoring is associated with neurological diseases, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal.

Now, according to a study published in the journal Sleep Breath, snoring can be a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes because they are caused by pauses in breathing due to relaxation of the muscle that narrows the airways and thus hinders the entry of oxygen into the lungs and thereby interrupts the chain of glucose metabolism.

“Snoring can be the cause of diabetes in healthy people and in people who already have the disease may complicate their clinical manifestations,” said Pedro Mayoral, a specialist in sleep disorders.

Insomnia is one of the most uncomfortable conditions that a person can have. The need for the body to rest and relaxation can be counted as a vital primary or humans.
This condition can be caused by variety of factors: caffeine until late at night, have an overactive mind, by pain and even to take any medications prescribed.

Besides insomnia can be an indicator that a person has diabetes and does not know or worse, may cause harmful interference to the success of treatment.

Although this was a constant belief in the medical research, the findings of a recent study in the U.S. by the National Institute on Aging is closer to the explanation of the relationship between sleep disorders and increased damage to the body by the Diabetes.

The study found that people with diabetes who do not sleep enough, have a high resistance to insulin and thus to control the disease problems, in fact, 80% of patients with insomnia had severe alterations in the levels insulin.

According to researcher Kristen Knuston, who led the studies, have little time for sleep affects glucose levels, which in turn leads to problems of effectiveness in the treatment of patients and prescribed by doctors.

It is important to identify the root of insomnia to rule out possible causes or complications of diabetes.

Specialists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S. (CDC) concluded that people with diabetes have a higher risk of developing certain cancers.
400 000 people were consulted consulted, 16% of men and 17% of women with diabetes also had some kind of cancer compared with people without diabetes where he percentage fell to 7% in men and 10% in women.

Taking into account other risk factors like smoking, alcohol consumption, race, and others found that the risk of developing some form of cancer Elvan up to 10% in people with diabetes.

Cancers with more presence in men with diabetes were of the colon, bladder, pancreas, kidney and prostate, while in women with diabetes had more breast cancer, uterine tumors and leukemia.

Although CDC epidemiologist for the author of this study, Li Chaoyang, the relationship between cancer and diabetes are not particularly surprised, nor was found that a condition is provoking the other.

Moreover, although this relationship exists Cancer-Diabetes, causes and explanation of whether blood glucose levels increase the risk has not been fully tested.

All human beings at some time in life we ??have faced a loss either equipment or personnel, but the reaction that we have in this situation is always individual.

Grief is defined as a process in which a set of physiological manifestations, intellectual, emotional, behavioral and spiritual manifest as a result of a loss. In a situation of grief, the pain is total pain is a biological (body aches), psychological (hurts the personality), social (hurts the company and its way of being), family (it hurts the pain of others) and spiritual (soul hurts).

For people who are diagnosed, the duel begins to be present because it is the loss of health or absence of disease. Not all people diagnosed with diabetes experience a grieving process, but most do. As the process of grieving is divided into several stages which are:

Denial. is a moment of “shock” emotional and rational, in which the person is filled with feelings of disbelief, confusion, anxiety, and this leads her to think “this is happening to me not”, “can not be” etc. In general it is a situation of despair and anxiety that many psychologists associated with a traumatic-type situation.

Identification or awareness of the loss. As the symptoms and initial reactions lose their intensity and they accept intellectually the new situation, begins the second stage, which s characterized by symptoms of separation anxiety, prolonged stress, aggression, impotence , frustration, tenderness, sleep disorders, etc.

Blame or criticism. This stage is characterized by “guilt” that the suffering comes to experience and is accompanied by feelings and thoughts of “if ….”

Rearrangement. Within this stage the sufferer is gradually leaving his “emotional world” and return to have a real world perspective, make a balance between what you lost, what remains and what they have learned. Gradually decreases stress and increases your physical and emotional energy.

Recovery or healing. At this stage, to regain control over life. It’s time to stop suffering and start new relationships. This step marks the end of mourning.