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Type 1, type 2 diabetes, what is the difference between treatment and life?

  Diabetes is no longer a patent for adults. In Taiwan's health insurance database research, it has also been found that the peak age of diabetes among adolescents and children under 20 years old is 12-15 years old. In addition to the incidence of type I diabetes, in fact, it is more of type II diabetes. Diabetes is getting younger Diabetes has always been the fifth leading cause of death in China, killing more than 9000 people every year. However, many people's impression of the disease may still be that "it will only occur after the disease is accumulated for many years". In fact, diabetes is gradually becoming an epidemic among children. According to the "Taiwan type 2 diabetes Yearbook" published in 2019, the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus under the age of 20 has also increased significantly, from 9.65% in 2008 to 13.94%, almost doubling. The average age is close to the age of puberty (12-15 years old), because there is growth hormone in puberty, ...

Diabetes must lose weight! Fat and insulin resistance are cancer risk factors

  "I went back to the clinic today, and my blood sugar was well controlled! For diabetics, the happiest thing is to see that their blood sugar level is normal, and many people regard blood sugar control as their only goal. Of course, controlling blood sugar is very important, but after controlling blood sugar, many people may find that they are getting fatter and fatter, and the risk of cancer will increase. Why do you get diabetes and get fat As we all know, diabetes has a symptom of "rapid weight loss", but as the disease is controlled by medication, it will start to become fat again. It turns out that when the blood sugar is soaring, the body can't convert the blood sugar into the energy it needs through insulin, so it will choose to burn the protein and fat stored originally, resulting in becoming thinner; after the medication is controlled, the body can use the blood sugar smoothly and return to the state of storing fat. However, there is a problem when fat come...

One person dies of diabetes every 55 minutes. Are you the top 10 constitutions that are prone to diabetes?

  Diabetes is one of the ten leading causes of death in Taiwan. Nearly 10,000 people die from diabetes each year. According to the National Health Administration, there are more than 2 million people with diabetes in the country. On average, 1 person died of diabetes every 55 minutes, and every year The rate of 25,000 people continues to increase. The relatives, colleagues, friends or ourselves around us may be diabetic patients, from young to old, so what kind of physique and habits are prone to diabetes? 1. People over the age of 40: Because the pancreas organs will age and degenerate, the secretion of insulin will decrease, and the function of insulin will also become poor, or when the insulin action is abnormal, the blood glucose concentration in the body will be too high, making people over 40 years old The chance of developing diabetes increases. It is recommended to check every year after 40 years old, which is very important for early detection of diabetes. 2. Those with a ...

Diabetes will become thinner and thinner, how can it become fatter?

  Everyone knows that diabetes has an early symptom, which is "inexplicable rapid weight loss." But in fact, 80% of patients diagnosed with diabetes have mild overweight or even obesity problems. Obesity also causes many additional complications. Many people think that if you control your blood sugar, your body will be fine, but in fact, weight control is also very important for diabetes control, and there is even a chance to stop the drug. Diabetes Diabesity (diabesity or diobesity), the word is composed of diabetes (diabetes) and obesity (obesity), refers to those who have both obesity (BMI>27) and diabetes. There is no detailed statistics on the rate of diabetes for obesity, but Taiwan has more than half of the obese population and more than 2.2 million people with diabetes. The rate of obese people getting diabetes is as high as 20%. It is estimated that almost all diabetic patients are obese problem. Although diabetes has a symptom of "rapid weight loss", it...

Diabetes patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) risk of death increased by 12 times

Control and Prevention as reporting that diabetes has a great negative impact on COVID-19. Among the diseases that cause serious consequences for patients with COVID-19, diabetes is the most common disease after cardiovascular disease. Diabetic patients infected with COVID-19 are 12 times more likely to die than ordinary patients with COVID-19s. MedicalXpress pointed out that the mortality rate of COVID-19 patients whose diabetes is controlled will be lower.

Diabetes complications, which ones you know

  Chronic complications In terms of chronic complications, it can be divided into two types: macrovascular disease and small vascular disease. Macroangiopathy Diabetic patients not only have high blood sugar, but also increase triglycerides and low-density cholesterol (LDL-C). These substances may cause atherosclerosis of blood vessels. At this time, blood vessels are prone to embolism and pathological changes, thus increasing the risk of stroke, hypertension, or myocardial infarction. Macrovascular disease is also easy to cause a series of foot diseases. If the blood flow into the foot is reduced, the patient will find that the foot pulse is weakened and the temperature is reduced. In addition, the wound in the foot is not easy to heal and is prone to infection. Patients with foot ulcers due to long-term foot ischemia or bacterial infection face amputation. Small vessel disease Small vessel disease refers to microvascular damage due to diabetes, the common lesions are the eye, kid...

Diabetes 8 kinds of symptoms, prevention and control diet tips (3)

  How to prevent diabetes? Diet     1.  "Less oil, less salt, less sugar, high fiber" is the main     2.  Avoid overeating, reduce intake of high cholesterol food (such as animal viscera), processed food, sugar food, etc     3.  Refuse frying, frying and other cooking methods with high oil content, and replace animal oil with vegetable oil     4.  Drink less sugary drinks, plain water is the best choice     5.  Quit smoking and drinking Action Blood glucose, blood pressure and blood lipid were detected regularly     1.  Blood glucose: glycated hemoglobin concentration should be controlled below 7%     2.  Blood pressure part: in resting condition, if the blood pressure is continuously higher than 140 (systolic pressure) / 90 (diastolic pressure) mmHg, it is called hypertension     3.  Blood lipid: low density cholesterol (LDL-C) should be controlled below 130 mg /...

Diabetes 8 kinds of symptoms, prevention and control diet tips (2)

  Four types of diabetes The types of diabetes include type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus Type 1 diabetes The autoimmune system of type 1 diabetes mellitus is abnormal, and the antibody becomes regardless of the enemy or the enemy, and begins to attack the pancreatic beta cells which produce insulin, resulting in the pancreas unable to secrete or only secrete a small amount of insulin. The onset age of type 1 diabetes mellitus is usually under 30 years old, which may be the result of genetic and environmental factors. The number of patients is relatively small (less than 5% of the total patient population). Patients will have obvious symptoms such as weight loss, weight loss, polyuria, and often feel thirsty. Therefore, it is necessary to take insulin for a long time to control the disease. Type 2 diabetes More than 90% of the patients with diabetes belong to type II diabetes. Patients often have no symptoms at the initial stage of the disease. They are usually f...

Diabetes 8 kinds of symptoms, prevention and control diet tips (1)

 Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease, many patients can not feel the obvious symptoms, but if left alone, the complications are often quite difficult. Most of the complications of diabetes are caused by poor blood glucose control, so the most important thing for diabetic patients is to follow the doctor's instructions to take medicine or insulin, plus to maintain good living habits, exercise more and not smoke No alcohol, light and balanced diet, blood sugar can be effectively controlled. When it comes to diabetes, what do you associate with it? Ten major causes of death in China, insulin, eating more, drinking more, urinating more... All of these are true, but diabetes is far more complicated than you think. But don't worry, this article will let you know the causes, symptoms and risk groups of diabetes, and then learn about prevention methods! This paper focuses on: 1. Causes of diabetes 2. Diabetic symptoms 3. High risk group of diabetes mellitus 4. Four types of diabete...

Why you get diabetes? Be careful with 3 out of 15 habits

Only those who love sweet food will get diabetes. If they have less oil and less sugar, they will not get diabetes. In fact, there are many reasons for diabetes than imagined. In addition to diet, there are some unexpected habits that can cause diabetes. Diabetes comes from heredity, habit and constitution Diabetes is not only a common disease, but also a "new nation disease" in Taiwan in recent years. The number of people suffering from diabetes has exceeded 2.3 million, and there are still potential patients who are gradually growing. However, if we really want to make clear what "diabetes" is, I believe many people still don't know clearly. Of course, they don't know what prevention methods are correct. After eating, the food will produce glucose in the process of digestion and decomposition. When the pancreas feels the stimulation of glucose, it will secrete "insulin" so that glucose can enter cells and be converted into energy, so that our bod...