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Women Diabetes Risk
Diabetes is a disease in which the body fails to produce or process a hormone that is manufactured by the pancreas and helps convert food into energy called insulin. Diabetes causes glucose or sugar to accumulate in the bloodstream instead of being used for fuel and this buildup causes excessive thirst, frequent urination and physical exhaustion. Besides, it can also wreak havoc with the whole body, which is why diabetes often comes hand in hand with secondary complications like heart, eye and kidney disease.
For women diabetics, conditions like polycystic ovarian syndrome can increase the risk of developing either type of diabetes risk. Also, pregnant women will run the risk of giving birth to an unusually large infant weighing nine pounds.
A woman with as little as ten pounds overweight before pregnancy, could develop gestational diabetes, in which the hormones produced by the placenta interfere with insulin production in the mother. Gestational diabetes, which been affecting 4 percent of pregnancies in US, can increase the likelihood for a woman to develop diabetes types later in life.
Diabetics Women experience more fluctuations in the level of the hormone estrogen, so the cells will more receptive to insulin and lower the blood sugar. During the course of the menstrual cycle, diabetics women must carefully monitor their glucose levels. Other secondary complications that could be happen to women diabetics are cardiovascular disease and reduced blood flow to the hands and feet.
What makes treating diabetes so difficult is that no two cases are alike. Each woman exercises, eats well and follows the ABCs of diabetes treatment: "A" for an A1C blood test every three months, "B" for keeping blood pressure levels low, and "C" for maintaining healthy cholesterol levels.By taking these precautions, a women able to manage her diabetes with relative ease, keep on working 12-hour shifts and still finding the energy to shuttle her two children to drama or gymnastics classes.
But others must developed a host of secondary symptoms including vision problems, thyroid disease and kidney disease.
In most families, women are the ones who decide what kind of food goes on the table, when and how their families exercise. And as women, we have the opportunity and responsibility to protect ourselves families from this health epidemic.
For women diabetics, conditions like polycystic ovarian syndrome can increase the risk of developing either type of diabetes risk. Also, pregnant women will run the risk of giving birth to an unusually large infant weighing nine pounds.
A woman with as little as ten pounds overweight before pregnancy, could develop gestational diabetes, in which the hormones produced by the placenta interfere with insulin production in the mother. Gestational diabetes, which been affecting 4 percent of pregnancies in US, can increase the likelihood for a woman to develop diabetes types later in life.
Diabetics Women experience more fluctuations in the level of the hormone estrogen, so the cells will more receptive to insulin and lower the blood sugar. During the course of the menstrual cycle, diabetics women must carefully monitor their glucose levels. Other secondary complications that could be happen to women diabetics are cardiovascular disease and reduced blood flow to the hands and feet.
What makes treating diabetes so difficult is that no two cases are alike. Each woman exercises, eats well and follows the ABCs of diabetes treatment: "A" for an A1C blood test every three months, "B" for keeping blood pressure levels low, and "C" for maintaining healthy cholesterol levels.By taking these precautions, a women able to manage her diabetes with relative ease, keep on working 12-hour shifts and still finding the energy to shuttle her two children to drama or gymnastics classes.
But others must developed a host of secondary symptoms including vision problems, thyroid disease and kidney disease.
In most families, women are the ones who decide what kind of food goes on the table, when and how their families exercise. And as women, we have the opportunity and responsibility to protect ourselves families from this health epidemic.
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