Important for Diabetes      Publish Date : 06/10/2025

                        Important for Diabetes

                                                                                                                                                      Dr. Diyvanshu Sengar and Mukseh Sharma

Types of Diabetes

Type-1 Diabetes:

Type-1 Diabetes is a Autoimmune condition where the immune system attcks the insulin-producing cells.

Type-2 Diabetes:

                                                                   

Insufficient insulin secretion for blood glucose regulation.

Gestational Diabetes:

Diabetes that develops during pregnancy due to increased insulin resistance.

              Type-1 Diabetes V/S Type- 2 Diabetes

Type-1 Diabetes

Type- 2 Diabetes

Body Doesn’t Prepare the Enough Insulin

Body Doesn’t Respond to Insulin

Caused by Immune System Reaction

Lifestyle Factors and Genetics Contributes

Often Starts in Childhood Stage

More Common in Middle Age

Symptoms Come on Quickly

Symptoms Develops Slowly

Treated With Insulin Injuctions

Managed With Drugs and Lifestyle Changes

EARLY SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES:

The early symptoms of diabetes can broadly be classified in three groups:

METABOLIC SYMPTOMS:

  • Loss of the Weight.
  • Frequent Micturition.
  • Night time Micrturition.
  • Repetitive Thirst.
  • Voracious Apptite.

NON-RESOLVING INFECTION

Recurrent boils in the skin, non-healing wound, recurrent urine infection or white discharge and repeated tooth infection often complies physicians to test blood sugar and often that reveals and uncontrolled diabetes state.

SYMPTOMS DUE TO COMPLICATIONS

Some patients come to know about their diabetic status only when some complication sets in.

IMPORTANT SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES:

  • Incerased Thirst.
  • Slow Healing Cuts and Sores.
  • Fatigue.
  • Blurred Vision.
  • Frequent Urination.
  • Unexplained Weight Loss.

HEALTH INFOGRAPHICS

  • ALWAYS HUNFRY
  • NUMB OR TINGLING HANDS/FEET
  • ALWAYS THIRSTY

COMPLICATIONS

  • SEXUAL DISORDER
  • SLOWLY HEALS OF WOUNDS
  • PEREFERIAL NEUROPATH
  • CORONARY HEART DISEASE
  • DAMAGE OF VISION
  • DIABETEIC NEPHROPATHY
  • CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE
  • CANDIDA AND ITCHY SKIN

PREVENTION

  • HEALTHY FOODS
  • CONTROL ON SWEET
  • AVOID DRINK AND SMOKING
  • DO REGULAR EXERCISE

BEST FOODS FOR DIABETES

  • Barley Grass
  • Kale Salad
  • Green Juice
  • Raw Zucchini with Tomato Sauce
  • Guacamole
  • Avocado Sprouts Salad

Worst Foods for Diabetes

  • Pancakes and Syrup
  • Soda
  • French Fries
  • Bacon
  • Canned Fruit
  • Milk
  • Fast Food Hamburgers
  • Ketchup
  • Potato Chips

Benefits of Walking 10,000 Steps:

  • Helps in Weight Loss
  • Improves the Health of Heart
  • Lowers the Blood Pressure
  • Decreases the Risk of Diabetes
  • Improves your Mood
  • Reduced the Risk of Chronic Disease
  • Prevents the Disabilities due the old-Age
  • Boosts your Immunity
  • Increases the Lung Capicity
  • Reduced the Stroke Risk in Women

Writer: Dr. Divyanshu Sengar, the medical officer of P. L. Sharma District Hospital Meerut.