What is diabetes

Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly (needs a hormone the pancreas produces to regulate blood sugar levels), insulin.
The cause of diabetes remains a mystery, although genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise appear to play a role.
To determine whether a patient has pre-diabetes or diabetes, health care providers generally recommends testing for fasting blood glucose (FPG) of the American Diabetes Association in the FPG because it is fast, simple, cheap and have good accuracy. With the FPG test, a fasting blood sugar between 100 and 125 mg / dl signals pre-diabetes, diabetes shows large values
There are three types of diabetes:
Type 1 - You must produce no insulin at all.
Type 2 - There is not enough insulin or produces insulin that does not work properly.
Gestational diabetes - you develop diabetes during pregnancy.
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are chronic diseases - which means they will last a lifetime.
Gestational diabetes usually disappears after the birth of the child.
All types of diabetes are treatable, is for a patient with type 1 therapy, especially inject insulin, type 2 patients are usually treated with tablets.Both types need a special diet (low in fat and carbohydrates) and physical activity (walking, swimming, cycling, dancing)
As a diabetic with a change of lifestyle. This does not mean that you will not be able to continue your career effectively run a business, in sports or in achieving your goals.
Diabetes will not prevent you from is always the athlete, politician, actor / actress, musician, or journalist.If all instructions and medications that your doctor gives you, there's no reason why you can not continue your life's ambitions.
The main goal of diabetes management is to keep it under control as follows:
Blood sugar - you will need a meter. Self-monitoring is often considered the ASG (SMBG). Glucometers today are small, battery-powered devices.
Blood pressure - the force pushing the blood against the artery walls. You can monitor your blood pressure at home with an inexpensive blood pressure cuff and gauge, in most pharmacies and medical supply houses.
Cholesterol - you nedd a monitor cholesterol at home. Monitor cholesterol at home is one of the most popular devices for medical personnel are not designed use.They to replace a doctor's care.