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Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a rare condition involving fluid imbalance. The resulting chemical imbalance causes you to urinate excessively. Consequently, you’ll be constantly thirsty even if you drink plenty of water.
Diabetes insipidus…
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Type 1 Diabetes is a health condition where the pancreas produces very little or no insulin, the hormone that helps sugar ( glucose) enter your body cells to produce energy. Without insulin, blood sugar cannot enter the cells. When this happens, the sugar builds up in the bloodstream…
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Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a serious, potentially life-threatening diabetes complication that occurs when insulin deficiency impedes glucose from entering the cell to produce metabolic fuel. In ketoacidosis, the liver breaks down fat as ketones in quick succession to use as…
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Type 2 diabetes is a defect in the way your body processes and uses sugar (glucose)
It affects your body’s ability to make insulin, the hormone that helps glucose penetrate your cells to produce energy.
With type 2 diabetes, your body renders the insulin ineffective or does…
Diabetes is a chronic condition brought on by either insufficient insulin production by the pancreas or inefficient insulin utilization by the body. According to The Business Day Newspaper, over 11 million individuals in Nigeria are living with diabetes.
Dr Afoke Isiavwe, a medical expert in endocrinology, said people with diabetes should undergo routine foot examinations to reduce their risk…
Diabetic patients should eat certain foods to optimise their blood sugar. Usually, diabetes deprives the body of effectively processing carbohydrates to break them down into smaller units, reserved and used for energy.
During the prandial state, blood sugar primarily goes up. The pancreas reacts by releasing the insulin hormone to allow blood sugar to go into cells, thereby regulating blood…
Eating food that is unhealthy can have several adverse effects on your body. Commonly, at the centre of these effects are high blood sugar levels and weight gain, leading to obesity and possibly diabetes. This can cause severe health issues requiring you to do the needful in time if you already suffer from them.
Dieticians have constantly warned that diabetic patients are two to four times more…
Are you amongst individuals struggling with erectile dysfunction unaware of the cause? Well, I’m here to tell you that several things can lead to erectile dysfunction in a man and one major cause is diabetes.
Diabetes can damage the blood supply to the penis and the nerves that control an erection, leading to erectile dysfunction.
Men with diabetes struggle with blood sugar level swings…
When you are diagnosed with diabetes, there is the fear that you must make a 360-degree change to every aspect of your life. But not to worry, making serious lifestyle changes can help you live better. Two areas of your life that can help manage the condition and keep you going are the food you eat and how much you engage in physical activities.
Exercising and having healthy foods are…
A thousand questions will come up after a diabetes diagnosis;
“How do I get through this?”
“Can I live well with diabetes?”
“Is it possible to stay healthy with diabetes?”
“Will I die?”
As troubling as the diagnosis is, there is no need to panic. Like many medical conditions, managing type 1 and type 2 diabetes is possible. It is, however important to distinguish between both types…