Diabetes Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatments



Diabetes Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatments

Introduction

The word diabetes is derived from a Greek word d?aß?t?? which means surplus discharge of urine. Diabetes belongs to the class of metabolic disease, and it was named madhumeha or honey urine by an Indian physician noting that the urine would attract aunts. In diabetes, a person suffers from the problem of high blood sugar due to low production of insulin by pancreas, or because cells are not responding properly to the insulin produced by the body. There are three main symptoms of having diabetes that are almost present in every patient suffering from diabetes. These symptoms include repeated urine (Polyuria), increased hunger (polyphagia) and increased thirst (polydipsia), and Diabetes Mellitus is present in three main.

Type 1 (Diabetes Mellitus) took place when body fails to produce insulin and require the person to infuse the insulin. Type 2 (Diabetes Mellitus) took place when cells refuse to respond the insulin or fails to utilize insulin properly. Gestational Diabetes is third main type of diabetes, and it is usually found in pregnant women's due to the development of high level of glucose in the blood.

Discussion

Role of insulin and glucagon in regulating blood sugar

Human body needs a maintained level of glucose in the blood. Insulin and glucagon are secreted by endocrine pancreas that regulates homeostasis. Determination of diabetes in a patient is ultimately determined by the production of glycogen and insulin.

Insulin is a hormone that is secreted by the beta cells present in the pancreas (Bergman, 1989). Its helps body in converting sugar into energy, it assists the cell of the body to make effective use of glucose present in the body (Alberti, 1998). When an individual eat some meal, the amount of insulin secreted by the pancreas also increases in order to address ...