Diabetes

Diabetes Mellitus is mostly a lifestyle related condition and dealing with it also requires lifestyle changes. Basically, there are two forms of Diabetes Mellitus—one is the insulin dependent type (IDDM/Type I) and the other is the non-insulin dependent type (NIDDM/ Type II). In patients with Type I DM, there is an absolute absence of the hormone insulin, the hormone responsible for pushing glucose molecules inside our cells, where they should be. In Type II DM, there is a limited amount of insulin supply which is not sufficient enough to sustain the entrance of glucose inside cells.

Management of Diabetes Mellitus as mentioned earlier is mostly related to lifestyle changes, however, specific treatment options also depend on the Type of DM a person suffers from. Patients with DM Type II definitely needs constant insulin supply, while patients with Type II DM will need to control the DM in possible non-medication means before resorting to the use of drugs.

When Is Sugar Level Too Much?

Diabetes Mellitus—we often hear it from all sorts of people… young or old, rich or poor, male or female. The fact about Diabetes Mellitus is that it doesn’t choose any person. It can affect just anyone and the key to avoiding Diabetes Mellitus is to figure out its exact cause, its early signs and symptoms and the early forms of treatments and preventive measures we can take to prevent the course of this disease.

How Diabetes Mellitus Happens?

Basically everything we eat contains sugar—in various amounts. This type of sugar will be metabolized by our body in order to be converted into the simplest form—GLUCOSE. As we may have read from other sources, glucose is the food of each cell we have in our body. Each cell functions because of the energy that glucose can provide. However, glucose is not the only chemical that is needed to provide cell nourishment. An important hormone necessary for glucose to enter the cells is INSULIN.