According to the American Diabetes Association , Diabetes is a disease and it’s rampant. I was reading an article on the American Diabetes Association site and they say the statistics are 23.6 million children and adults (7.8%) just in the United States population have diabetes. The article goes further to state that there are approximately 5.7 people who are unaware they have diabetes.
Many of the symptoms go unnoticed as one or two symptoms may seem harmless enough by themselves.
So what do you do to find out where you stand? Well, first off,
you don’t hide your head in the sand.
Most health care providers will run a Fasting Plasma Glucose Test (FPG) or an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT). Either test can be used to diagnose pre-diabetes or diabetes. The American Diabetes Association recommends the FPG because it is easier, faster, and less expensive to perform.
Is diabetes hereditary? Most researchers will tell you that some families are pre-disposed for the disease, but in other cases, it just pops up. For me, my great-grandmother was diabetic, my mother is hypoglycemic, my oldest sister is severely diabetic, my next older sister was diagnosed with diabetes a few years ago and I am borderline hypoglycemic.
So what do you do? See your health care provider and get checked regularly. Beyond regular check-ups, according to the American Diabetes Association:
Along with exercise and medications, nutrition is important for good diabetes control. By eating well-balanced meals in the correct amounts, you can learn to thrive with diabetes.
The worst thing we can do as a society is to IGNORE or DENY the existence and seriousness. No matter what the stage, Diabetes is a serious condition. I watch my oldest sister give herself insulin injections daily. For her, the Insulin injections have their on side-effects. I don’t want to be there, I don’t like her being there. I don’t want anyone being there.
There are also so many complications that can arise from Diabetes, so get yourself checked, get your exercise, eat a healthy diet (sometimes a tough thing to do in our ‘on the run’ society). Stay on top of your health. It requires a lifestyle change for many of us, but do it for YOU and do it for your loved ones.
~Jennifer Fisher
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