{"id":920,"date":"2017-04-01T11:30:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T09:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mediquo.com\/?p=920"},"modified":"2020-11-04T12:55:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T11:55:58","slug":"diabetes-epidemic-of-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/en\/general-medicine\/diabetes-epidemic-of-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Diabetes: The epidemic of the 21st century that damages organs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone knows the famous call of \u201cSUUUUGAR\u201d of the authentic Celia Cruz; I wish all the candy was that healthy. Unfortunately, how many times have we heard that a relative, friend or acquaintance <\/span><b>has \u201csugar\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or \u201ca little bit of sugar\u201d but \u201cis not diabetic because they do not inject insulin\u201d. <\/span><b>Wrong!<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Despite being so close to us and so frequent, there are many concepts that are incorrect in this world about <\/span><b>diabetes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our <\/span><b>Doctor Judit Calpe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, head doctor of mediQuo, explains to us in this complete battery of inquiries, the following questions that many would ask: <\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>What is diabetes?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a disease of our metabolism that <\/span><b>causes us to have hyperglycemia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (high blood sugar). <\/span><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Is it only diabetics that are injected with insulin?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> NO. There are two main types of diabetes that exist. <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Type 1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: usually appears in childhood. Suddenly, the cells of the pancreas that produce insulin stop working, this <\/span><b>gives quick symptoms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and when there is no insulin, the patient needs injected insulin.<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Type 2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: traditionally in adults (although increasingly earlier). <\/span><b>Our pancreas works less and less each time and secretes less insulin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (but in early stages it still produces!). The problem is that our own insulin does not work as well. The fat (above all the dreaded michelin) hijacks our insulin and it cannot act where it should. Summary: we have less and it does not get where it should go. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Why is there more type 2 diabetes?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Due to our changes in lifestyle: since childhood, we eat poorly and move less. World Health Organization (WHO) data say that, globally, it estimated that 422 million adults had diabetes in 2014, compared with 108 million in 1980. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBut hey, since diabetes does not hurt, it isn\u2019t important, it is not serious\u201d. <\/span><b>In 2012, diabetes directly caused 1.5 million deaths and indirectly caused another 2.2 million<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In addition, if it is not controlled correctly, it can damage a multitude of organs: eyes, kidneys, heart, blood vessels and the nervous system can be the worst parts. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, <\/span><b>what can I do to to avoid it?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Type 1 is not possible to prevent, but type 2 is. Watch your diet and be physically active in order to reduce the risk. Less fat, less diabetes. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if I have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, <\/span><b>can I cure it?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Regrettably, no. It is a chronic disease, but you can keep it at bay. Our body has \u201cmemory\u201d and the progression of diabetes will suffer the more delays one puts against it. We propose the treatment of diabetes as a three-legged stool: if one fails, you fall. These three legs will be: <\/span><b>DIET &#8211; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY &#8211; MEDICATION<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Follow these regular regulations with your doctor and nurse. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But if I take things \u201clight\u201d and saccharin it\u2019s already, no? Not at all. <\/span><b>The label \u201clight\u201d does not mean that it is totally healthy with no calories<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or that it contains any element that turns into sugar in the body. The diabetic can eat everything, as long as he does so in the correct amount. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And you, <strong>what are your doubts about diabetes?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Content validated by the medical team of mediQuo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows the famous call of \u201cSUUUUGAR\u201d of the authentic Celia Cruz; I wish all the candy was that healthy. Unfortunately, how many times have we heard that a relative, friend or acquaintance has \u201csugar\u201d or \u201ca little bit of sugar\u201d but \u201cis not diabetic because they do not inject insulin\u201d. Wrong! Despite being so &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/en\/general-medicine\/diabetes-epidemic-of-the-21st-century\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[906],"tags":[936,932,839,934,938,930],"class_list":["post-920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-medicine","tag-diabetes-en","tag-diabetics","tag-health","tag-insulin","tag-light-en","tag-sugar"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":920,"es":403},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1256,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions\/1256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}