Relationship between Depression Symptoms and Insulin

Relationship between Depression Symptoms and Insulin

Introduction

Depression is a medicinal disease that brings about a determined and importune sensation of being sad and loss of concentration and interest. In addition, depression is also capable of bringing about many physical symptoms. It is also known as major depressive disorder, major depression, it has an effect on the manner how a person feels, thinks and conducts himself. Depression is capable of leading to an array of physical and emotional issues and dilemmas.

Depression can consecutively be a precursor or a symptom of other organic disorders or somatic illness. There are cases that patients with depression are referred to a cardiologist or gastroenterologist, while their problems are due to psychological issues and must be referred to a psychologist or psychiatrist. Apart from biological factors, genetic predisposition, which at a particular age usually not only represent the symptoms of depression, but also a serious mental illness (schizophrenia), the emergence of depressive disorders primarily lead to chronic stress. Chronic stress and major depression are brought about by a genetic switch that generates synaptic loss in the human brain. When people constantly live in stress; this factor represses the expression of several genes involved in synaptic connections (Cheung, 2007).

With diabetes type 2 refers to the medicine a congenital and / or acquired resistance to insulin. Often the disease develops as a result of overeating. These durable high concentrations occur in glucose in the blood, which can also increase the levels of insulin. In response, the number of insulin receptors decreases to the body cells, the cells is "insulin-resistant". Although actually enough insulin is present, the amount present is not able to lower blood sugar levels. As a result, the pancreas is working at top speed and produces more and more insulin. Over time, however, the production is exhausted by the constant overuse. Type-2 diabetes is not treated; it comes after about ten years to insulin deficiency. 80 to 90 percent of diabetics are members of the diabetes type-2. Major risk factors for the development of diabetes type 2 are poor nutrition, overeating, lack of exercise and stress.

Type-2 diabetes was previously known as "Old Sugar" because it usually occurred only after the age of 40. Meanwhile, however, many children and young people suffer because of their unhealthy lifestyles in this metabolic disorder. "Age sugar" is by no means harmless. About 10 to 15 years after diagnosis in many patients experience complications due to blood vessel damage. The most common are:

Hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) and heart disease

Kidney damage to renal failure

Nerve damage (neuropathy)

Diabetic foot (nerve damage and poor circulation to the feet)

Damage to the optic nerve to blindness

Erectile Dysfunction

Menstrual disorders

Type-2 diabetes often develops unnoticed. The disease causes no symptoms for a long time and is often not diagnosed until damages have occurred already. Therefore, the number of unreported cases of this disease is very high. The precursor of diabetes type 2 is the metabolic ...