Diabetes mellitus in women: visible and hidden signs
'13.04.2021'
Source: Wday.ru
Diabetes mellitus is an insidious disease that may not manifest itself for a long time. All visible signs of this disease — weight loss or weight gain, fatigue, dry mouth or itching — may either be mild or absent. The main symptom of diabetes is an increased level of glucose in the blood.
Diabetes mellitus is considered to be a modern disease. And indeed, today this disease is becoming very common, although it was known to the healers of antiquity, writes Wday.ru. In diabetes, a person’s blood glucose level is constantly increased, since the pancreas is insufficient or does not secrete insulin at all - a hormone designed to reduce sugar levels to normal. As a result, a serious disease develops in which the nervous system, blood vessels, metabolic organs and other body systems are affected.
Women are more likely to suffer from this insidious disease. It is generally believed that this is due to the fact that the weaker sex is not indifferent to sweets. In fact, the reason is that in the female body the endocrine system works differently, and during hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy or the onset of menopause, disorders in the production of insulin develop. If you start treatment for diabetes in the first stages of its development, then the likelihood of complications is very small, but diabetes is difficult to notice at the initial stage. Nevertheless, there are many signs that indicate the possibility of diabetes in women.
If you have any doubts about the presence of this disease and you observe some symptoms of diabetes, be sure to consult a doctor to confirm or refute the diagnosis. Running diabetes can be very dangerous.
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Signs of 1 type diabetes in women
1 type diabetes mellitus is a type of disease in which insulin in the body is produced in insufficient quantities, it does not have time to lower blood sugar levels. This disease is inherent mainly in young girls. Its visible signs include increased fatigue, dry mouth, constant thirst, frequent urination, sudden weight loss. The appetite can be either normal or increased, but the weight, despite the calories gained, is constantly falling. If you do not consult a doctor with these symptoms, the disease progresses, other signs appear: drowsiness, nausea and vomiting, smell of acetone from the mouth. Over time, if not treated, this can lead to a significant deterioration in a person’s condition, to fainting, fatigue, and even coma.
At the first stages of diabetes mellitus type 1, the disease may not manifest itself in any way, the symptoms are not pronounced and invisible. The surest sign of the presence of this disease is high blood sugar, a hidden sign that may not affect the well-being and appearance of a woman. You can find out the glucose level in the blood by taking the blood for analysis or using a home blood sugar meter.
Therefore, doctors recommend that all women without exception, even without visible signs of diabetes, systematically monitor this indicator - at least once a year.
Particular attention should be paid to girls with a hereditary predisposition - who have relatives with diabetes, this disease is often inherited.
Signs of 2 type diabetes in women
2 type diabetes, on the contrary, is inherent mainly in people of mature and old age, it most often develops in women older than 40 years. It manifests itself against the background of relative insulin deficiency - this means that the pancreas produces enough insulin, but the cells of the human body are immune to this hormone. As a result, the blood sugar in the patient rises, the cells begin to starve, and there is also a lot of insulin. 2 type diabetes mellitus in the initial stages is even less noticeable than 1 type diabetes.
Some women also have dry mouths and rapid urination, thirst, and itching.
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2 type diabetes mellitus leads to the fact that people often have infectious diseases, wounds heal poorly, but mature women rarely pay attention to these symptoms, attributing them to age. They reassure themselves that weight is not reduced, nausea and vomiting are not present, as is the smell of acetone from the mouth, which is common in diabetics. But these signs do not appear in type 2 diabetes mellitus, on the contrary, this disease often develops in obese women.
All the above symptoms do not always appear in patients with diabetes in the complex, and sometimes they are not observed at all.
A good appetite, characteristic of many women with this disease, is considered a sign of good health and is confusing. Therefore, the development of diabetes mellitus type 2 must also be carefully monitored. 2 type diabetes mellitus is also diagnosed based on the data on the amount of sugar in the blood, if your blood glucose level exceeds 6,1 mmol per liter, then you need to urgently consult a doctor. Otherwise, diabetes can lead to complications such as problems with the heart and blood vessels, decreased vision, weakened sense of smell, arteriosclerosis, renal failure, and infectious diseases.
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