Effects of diabetes on physical health?
I have some questions about Diabetes.
I’m not sure If i have it i just wanna know some things…
1. Do diabetics run less fast?
2. Do diabetics get tired easier? (running etc)
3. If a diabetic has a huge ugly pimple or a small but round pimple will it take longer to go away than for non diabetics?
4. Less strong
Thanks!
sorry for mistakes it was kinda hard to phrase the sentences in English.
http://www.fda.gov/Diabetes/qna.html
This a link that may help. Good luck and take diabetes seriously it was a contributing factor to my my fathers diminished health as he was irresponsible.
The classical triad of diabetes symptoms is polyuria, polydipsia and polyphagia, which are, respectively, frequent urination, increased thirst and consequent increased fluid intake, and increased appetite. Symptoms may develop quite rapidly (weeks or months) in type 1 diabetes, particularly in children. However, in type 2 diabetes symptoms usually develop much more slowly and may be subtle or completely absent. Type 1 diabetes may also cause a rapid yet significant weight loss (despite normal or even increased eating) and irreducible fatigue. All of these symptoms except weight loss can also manifest in type 2 diabetes in patients whose diabetes is poorly controlled.
When the glucose concentration in the blood is raised beyond its renal threshold, reabsorption of glucose in the proximal renal tubuli is incomplete, and part of the glucose remains in the urine (glycosuria). This increases the osmotic pressure of the urine and inhibits reabsorption of water by the kidney, resulting in increased urine production (polyuria) and increased fluid loss. Lost blood volume will be replaced osmotically from water held in body cells and other body compartments, causing dehydration and increased thirst.
Prolonged high blood glucose causes glucose absorption, which leads to changes in the shape of the lenses of the eyes, resulting in vision changes; sustained sensible glucose control usually returns the lens to its original shape. Blurred vision is a common complaint leading to a diabetes diagnosis; type 1 should always be suspected in cases of rapid vision change, whereas with type 2 change is generally more gradual, but should still be suspected.
Patients (usually with type 1 diabetes) may also initially present with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), an extreme state of metabolic dysregulation characterized by the smell of acetone on the patient’s breath; a rapid, deep breathing known as Kussmaul breathing; polyuria; nausea; vomiting and abdominal pain; and any of many altered states of consciousness or arousal (such as hostility and mania or, equally, confusion and lethargy). In severe DKA, coma may follow, progressing to death. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a medical emergency and requires immediate hospitalization.
A rarer but equally severe possibility is hyperosmolar nonketotic state, which is more common in type 2 diabetes and is mainly the result of dehydration due to loss of body water. Often, the patient has been drinking extreme amounts of sugar-containing drinks, leading to a vicious circle in regard to the water loss.
I have been diagnosed with diabetes for about 5 years now. Type 2 (the most common type). I say ‘diagnosed’ because usually when someone is diagnosed it means they’ve already had the disease for some time.
I do seem to find I have much less strength. I can’t lift heavy things like I used to. But I am also in my 50s and it’s normal for someone to lose muscle mass at this age, so I don’t know how much the diabetes is to blame.
But physically I am in -better- shape because I exercise now and I never did before. My Dr. convinced me that I HAD to get some exercise to control blood sugar. I started walking and now I do about 3 miles about 5 times a week. I can walk longer and further now than I ever could before. I could never run very far and I still can’t.
As for pimples, I don’t know. Sores take longer to heal because diabetes damages your circulation. People who have diabetes a lot strong than me have neuropathy in their feet, which is a sort of nerve damage caused by poor circulation. If they get a cut on their feet it can take so long to heal that it becomes ulcerated, and they can get gangrene and have to have feet or legs amputated! So I would guess it would take longer for a pimple to heal too.
It is a simple case of human homeostasis.
Diabetes results from several factors but the outcome is the same – your body cannot regulate the amount of glucose in the blood naturally.
In Type I Diabetes, the pancreas has ceased to produce hormones needed to process glucose and control it, among them insulin.
In Type II Diabetes, the cells have a resistance to the insulin, thus the lack of glucose regulation.
So, it is a matter of element imbalance in diabetics – in this case blood glucose.
So, when there is an imbalance, it affects the blood cells and thus the rippling effects of this imbalance results in things like nerve damage, slow wound healing, among numerous other things.