Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis
These days type 2 diabetes is recognized as being the fifth leading cause of death worldwide and the third leading cause of death in the United States.
So what is type 2 diabetes?
In technical terms, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by abnormally high blood sugar levels. hereditary or genetic disposition, in other words, a family history of diabetes and
environmental factors ... obesity, inappropriate diet and inactivity.
The diagnosis is made by:
Your health care provider
ordering blood tests including cholesterol levels and fasting blood sugar tests
If the test results show prediabetes, you have great hope yet to delay, maybe even prevent, the onset of full-blown type 2 diabetes.
The screening test will include questions on your thirst and urination habits, weight patterns, mood changes, family history regarding diabetes, age and race and the rate at which skin infections heal.
Your health care provider may also order a glucose tolerance test. If you have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, know there is much you can do to successfully manage your condition; many people have reversed their diabetes. Use a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes as a trigger towards a healthy lifestyle ... get the most out of your life!
Figures released show that five Australian men pass away each hour from conditions that could have been avoided? One of these conditions is Type 2 diabetes.
Living the Life You Choose:
prostate gland
lungs
blood pressure and
cholesterol levels
And of course your blood sugar levels and HbA1c.
Impotence is a common complaint of men with diabetes... between one third and two thirds of men with Type 2 diabetes have trouble getting an erection. Another sexual problem linked to diabetes is retrogade ejaculation, in which ejaculation goes backward into the bladder. This affects roughly 2% of men who have Type 2. Don't hesitate to mention impotency issues... quality of life is also important.
Avoiding the Type 2 Diagnosis?
Did you want to think that your Type 2 diabetes diagnosis was a mistake? It's the biggest reason that so many men die from preventable conditions.
Type 2 diabetes can be controlled and it's possible to live a healthy life minus heart attacks and strokes. An accurate check of your long-term sugar control is measured by a test called HbA1c which gives an accurate reading of how much sugar is being carried in your red blood cells. Many doctors recommend this test be performed at least twice yearly.
Diabetes is a long-term condition that will affect you every day for the rest of your life. Try to accept your Type 2 diabetes... at this time there is no known cure.