DIABETES AND PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS

Diabetes and Persistent Organic Pollutants



Diabetes and Persistent Organic Pollutants

Introduction

Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) is a chronic metabolic disease , the increased blood sugar level is characterized by one. The slang term diabetes can be explained historically. She goes back to the fact that untreated diabetics excrete their urine with sugar and tastes of this sweet. Medically accurate, however, the term diabetes mellitus. Use the right therapy and a consistent blood sugar control is possible with diabetes, a largely normal life. A distinction mellitus essentially two forms of diabetes: Type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes In addition, there are still some rare diabetes-specific forms and the so-called gestational diabetes (Dixon, 2008).

Typical symptoms of diabetes - particularly type 1 diabetes - are strong thirst , increased urination, ravenous appetite and itching . Or feel cut off and are more susceptible to infections. Who observed a few things (mainly in terms of nutrition) and his blood sugar levels checked regularly can, despite diabetes lead a healthy life and prevent subsequent damage. Type 1 diabetes usually begins in adolescence and leads to severe symptoms. In diabetes mellitus type 1 cells are destroyed in certain of the pancreas, the hormone insulin form. Insulin is necessary for sugar , from food into the blood enters, processes, cells are recorded and can. Is there too little insulin, sugar remains in the blood - this shall help us understand if the blood sugar level rises or falls. Type 2 diabetes usually affects older people; however, so he formerly called adult-onset diabetes was common (Dixon, 2008). This term is not quite correct, because increasingly are younger people and even children affected. In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas pours but usually sufficient insulin. The cells, which should include the endocrine response, they are increasingly less sensitive to insulin. In this case also increases the blood sugar level (Ekanayake, 2001).

Diabetes mellitus type 2 can run long time without symptoms and late effects to make them pay attention to first. Some measures need to be taken with immediate effect as soon as the diagnosis has been made:

Type 1 diabetes must regularly inject insulin to compensate for the lack of this hormone.

Type 2 diabetics, however, can start to cause much of the disease by changing their lifestyle: lots of movement, normal weight and a balanced diet will help to stabilize blood sugar levels. If the type 2 diabetes more advanced, helping drug or insulin injections to regulate blood sugar. (Ekanayake, 2001).

A permanently raised blood sugar levels damage the blood vessels , complications can occur so. Such late complications of diabetes include heart attack , stroke , circulatory disorders of the legs and feet, changes in the retina , disorders of renal function and erectile dysfunction . By damaged nerves can cause numbness and tingling sensations occur. To prevent such problems, is a lifelong and careful blood glucose control significantly. The term diabetes mellitus (diabetes) are summarized in the sugar metabolism disorders, blood sugar levels continuously increase ...