R U Healthy Now: What is Diabetes Mellitus?

What is Diabetes Mellitus?

Diabetes Mellitus is a disease that affects both men and women and is sometime referred to as diabetes. Persons diagnosed with this disease are said to have high blood sugar and are not producing enough insulin to help control this high level of blood sugar.

This disease is said to have been more dominant in women than men. However, many men especially from African descent are more prone to this disease rather than men of other race. For some times now, children have been also diagnosed with diabetes and so doctors have taken a different approach in testing for signs of this disease.

There are several factors that lead to a woman having diabetes mellitus such as nutrition during puberty, childbearing and aging especially during the stages of menopause. For men, diabetes is caused mainly because of bad diet.

Diabetes Mellitus can cause other illnesses to occur.

Individuals who are diagnosed with diabetes can develop problems during their sexual health. Women can develop dryness in their vagina and men can develop erectile dysfunction. These two problems are caused by poor blood circulation.

Patients with diabetes mellitus are also at risk of developing urinary tract infections which include per renal abscesses and bladder infections.

Diabetes mellitus is a serious disease that should be well taken care of and so patients will have to put a serious health management program in place.

The first thing to consider when putting a program in place for diabetes is what you should and should not eat. So it is very important that the patient visits a nutritionist or dietician.

You should also consider finding a doctor that can give you all the information you need about the disease.

Patients with diabetes will be taught to read their blood sugar level and record each result of their blood sugar reading. This will allow them manage their glucose level. When you can control your glucose then you will be able to prevent any further complications.

Diabetes Mellitus is now a great concern to individuals all over the globe. More seminars and measures will have to be put in place so that individuals pay more attention to their health especially in the area of nutrition.

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