Kathy Vlietstra is a woman who underwent gastric bypass surgery since had diabetes. After the surgery lost 50 kilos extra weight I had and now his diabetes is under control, using an insulin pump and glucose monitor.
Kathy has followed three simple steps to maintain a healthy life by controlling your diabetes: weight control, healthy diet, and monitoring and control of diabetes through the use of technology.
Before surgery, Kathy performed little or no exercise and had a poor diet. This helped to develop diabetes and weight to go up, trying to lower with no success. Their quality of life was poor due to illness and being overweight is not allowed to perform many activities.
Several years ago, while working as a nurse in a hospital in Bronson, noticed the product many medical complications of diabetes, and it was then decided to make a radical change in his life, with the aim of improving their health and live better
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A classification of diabetes: type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes and prediabetes.
Type 1 diabetes is when the body stops producing insulin, the hormone that unlocks the cells of the body, and the glucose enters them. There is an estimated 5-10% of Americans diagnosed with this type of diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is when there is resistance to insulin, as well as deficiency of it. Most people diagnosed with diabetes have this type.
Gestational diabetes occurs during pregnancy when levels are elevated blood sugar regularly during the second or third semester. Although some women after pregnancy the condition disappears, many others develop type 2 diabetes later.
There is another condition called prediabetes, which is when they rise above normal levels of blood glucose, but not enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes.
In the U.S., about 57 million people have prediabetes, and 23.6 million have diabetes.
Some of the complications that Kathy, working as a nurse saw in their patients, are: vision problems, amputations, etc. Diabetes has characteristic symptoms: frequent urination, excessive thirst and hunger, fatigue, irritability, blurred vision, unusual weight loss, among others. Many people do not seek diagnosis or treatment for diabetes because most of the symptoms seem harmless and let pass the time until reaching complications.
Kathy underwent bariatric surgery in April 2008 in order to lose weight and control your diabetes problem. Now follow a healthy diet and maintaining healthy eating habits.
Step 3 is to use technology to control their diabetes. With an insulin pump can know how many carbohydrates consumed, so you can compensate with the right amount of insulin.
It also has a glucose monitor, which together with the insulin pump, to save you time and keep it healthy. Previously he had to inject twice and stick your finger several times a day to see the level of sugar in your blood. It is now easier and more comfortable for her.
Having suffered from type 2 diabetes since she was 10 years, now having dropped about 50 kilos of sugar level is controlled and feels better than ever.
Conclusion: Obesity causes or worsens, several diseases that threaten life. Diabetes is one of them.
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