Archive for October 2008
As Pierre Theuma, MD, FACE at the Iowa Diabetes and Endocrinology Center in Des Moines, IA could tell you, type II diabetes is the much more common of the two diabetes forms. With type II diabetes, which outnumbers type I diabetes about 9 to 1, the diabetic does not need insulin and has lots of different symptoms. Some symptoms might include sexual impotence, numbness, fatigue, difficulties in healing wounds, abnormal hunger, burning sensations, abnormal thirst, yeast infections, increased urination and blurred vision.
Diabetes is a disaterous disease that affects kidneys, intestines and every other organ in the body. It is a problem in which the body is unable to produce or properly use insulin. Insulin, a hormone that is necessary for converting starches, sugar and other food into energy. The precursor of diabetes is unknown and there is no known cure although effective control may be achieved under a doctor’s care.