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Diagnosis

The patient is subjected to an interrogation to identify the symptoms described above.

It takes blood and urine analysis.

In some cases, the patient must undergo a blood test class called “proof of an oral glucose tolerance, which involves obtaining a fasting blood sample to measure the value of sugar. Then you are given a special solution that contains a standard amount of glucose. During the next 3 hours new samples are obtained. This test is mainly to pregnant women.

Experts believe that a person has diabetes if their fasting glucose levels are higher than 126 milligrams per deciliter of blood. Read the rest of this entry »

Diabetes mellitus is a syndrome characterized by excessive accumulation of glucose in the blood due to a deterioration in all or part of the secretion and action of the hormone insulin, produced by the pancreas and responsible for maintaining normal blood sugar levels. If left unchecked can lead to complications such as blindness, renal and vascular damage and leg amputations.

There are two subtypes of the disease:

Type 1 diabetes. Develops in people in the production of insulin, a hormone responsible for transporting glucose into cells throughout the body is weak or nonexistent. Most patients with this condition develop it before age 30. Read the rest of this entry »

In 1902, the new independent Cuba, the rapporteur of the bill for the formation of the Secretariat of Health and Welfare, José Angel Malberty and Delgado, fits these theories into three groups in his excellent doctoral thesis, namely:

1 .- Those that do rely on persistent hyperglycemia digestive disturbances and its annexes.
- Theory of Bouchardat. Diabetes is caused by pathological condition of the digestive tract.
- Theory Pancreática.Origen pancreatic disease, failing to reconcile the preservation of exocrine pancreatic functions with endocrine dysfunction, Malberty discarded wrongly held by the successful Lancereaux theory, Popper and others.
2 .- Other causes of hyperglycemia consider the matter overproduction of glycogen. Are hematogenous theory, myogenic, the histogenetic and motor vessel or nerve.
3 .- reflecting a lack of utilization of sugar by the body are normal Theories Mialhe, Reynoso and De Chambre, Cantani, Weiss and Dock and Bouchard.
Based on research of Claude Bernard, discard the first group and presents the discussion among themselves the cause is an excessive production of glucose or a failure to use it.

Analyzing both, and concluded that there is a lack of assimilation because of the normal glucose homeostasis, its almost constant production and release into the blood. Similarly, it recognizes that there is far to “find the true element pathology of diabetes mellitus.” Know what might be the ultimate cause and attributed to a general disturbance of nutrition and concludes: “Diabetes mellitus is the result of the impairment of intracellular molecular renewal, ie the weakening of the ability asimilatriz, the anatomical element Live necessary to use glucose and must in our view, as I said, look for the pathogenesis of this disease in the system that presides, governs and directs the function of any living organic element tends to be used, to assimilate all that you need for natural conservation in proportion to what they already used, transformed or destroyed, returned to the bloodstream for purification. “

Prevention tips diabetes mellitus on ourselves can be done in several ways and is divided into several types :

Primary prevention
Primary prevention is the effort devoted to people who fall into high risk categories, namely those that have not been affected by this disease but has the potential to get it. For primary prevention, it is necessary to know first what factors that influence the occurrence of diabetes mellitus, and the efforts taken to eliminate these factors. Education plays an important role in primary prevention.

Secondary Prevention
Secondary prevention is an effort to prevent and inhibit the emergence of the disease by early detection and providing early treatment. Early detection is done by checking the filter. Only checks will require a lot of cost. Treatment of early disease should be done immediately to prevent possible occurrence of chronic diseases. Education about diabetes mellitus and its management, will affect the improvement of patient adherence to treatment. Read the rest of this entry »