Diabetes mellitus (DM) is divided into several types. Typically cause type I diabetes mellitus patients symptoms before the age of 30 years, although symptoms can appear at any time. Type I diabetic patients require insulin from outside the body for survival. Diabetes mellitus type II is usually experienced when patients aged 30 years or older, and patients are not dependent on insulin from outside the body, except in certain circumstances. Other DM type is gestational diabetes, which is diabetes that occurs in pregnant women, caused by impaired glucose tolerance in these patients.
Currently the number of patients with type II diabetes is increasing, due to the lifestyle that increasingly unhealthy, such as lack of physical activity and unhealthy eating patterns. Risk factors for type II diabetes include: genetic, environmental, old age, obesity, lack of physical activity, history of gestational diabetes, as well as a certain race or ethnicity.
Symptoms of diabetes mellitus type II, among others:
- excessive thirst,
- more frequent urination (frequency wake up at night to urinate becomes more frequent than usual),
- lots of eating,
- weight loss suddenly for no apparent reason
Diagnosis is made by blood sugar levels, the blood sugar after fasting 8 hours or when blood sugar.
What is important is performed by diabetic patients to control their blood sugar levels. Levels are poorly controlled blood sugar (always high, sometimes low or sometimes high, or too low) can cause complications in diabetic patients. Short-term complications of hypoglycemia, for example, is a state in which blood sugar levels are too low (<70 mg / dl). Perceived symptoms of hypoglycemia when the patient is sweating, palpitations, hunger, and shaking. If not treated promptly, the patient may lose consciousness, slurred and convulsions. Long-term complications that can occur usually involve large and small blood vessels and the nervous system. Complications can affect vital organs such as the brain, heart, kidneys, eyes, innervation and others, so it requires a routine inspection on a regular basis.
Remember to always maintain the health of your body with a healthy lifestyle (healthy eating, regular exercise, adequate rest, healthy mind).