What is the easiest method of avoiding dangerous diabetic complications? In today’s episode, Dr. Alvarez, an internal medicine expert, dives deeper into the consequences and complications that arise from diabetes and shares with us an overall outlook that will help diabetic patients lead a healthier life.
Key points from today's episode are:
1. People over 40, obese teenagers, and people taking steroids are at a higher risk of diabetes because of the body developing insulin resistance, which results in high blood sugar or hyperglycemia.
2. Extreme thirst and hunger, unusually high frequency of urination, weight loss, dizziness, imbalance, exhaustion, and blurred vision are indicative of diabetic symptoms.
3. Prediabetes can last a long time before it develops into diabetes; it’s important to get regular check-ups and early diagnosis so that the proper treatment is administered and dangerous complications are prevented.
4. Consequences of diabetes include impaired vision, poor blood circulation, stroke, hemorrhage, coronary heart disease, difficulty walking, nerve damage, swelling in lower extremities, and most unfortunate, amputation.
5. The most recommended treatments for diabetes is exercise, weight loss and diet management, and insulin-producing oral medication. Among them, exercise is the most prominent, recommended, and effective treatment.
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