Causes [ edit ]
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Posted on 30-12-2022 01:42 AM
Feeling stressed, sad, or angry is common when you live with diabetes. Stress can raise your blood glucose levels, but you can learn ways to lower your stress. Try deep breathing, gardening, taking a walk, doing yoga, meditating, doing a hobby, or listening to your favorite music. Consider taking part in a diabetes education program or support group that teaches you techniques for managing stress. Learn more about healthy ways to cope with stress. Depression is common among people with a chronic, or long-term, illness. Depression can get in the way of your efforts to manage your diabetes. Ask for help if you feel down.
Blood sugar levels are regulated by negative feedback in order to keep the body in balance. The levels of glucose in the blood are monitored by many tissues, but the cells in the pancreatic islets are among the most well understood and important. [ citation needed ] granule docking is an important glucose-dependent step in human insulin secretion that does not work properly in type 2 diabetes. Glucagon[ edit ] if the blood glucose level falls to dangerously low levels (as during very heavy exercise or lack of food for extended periods), the alpha cells of the pancreas release glucagon , a hormone which travels through the blood to the liver, where it binds to glucagon receptors on the surface of liver cells and stimulates them to break down glycogen stored inside the cells into glucose (this process is called glycogenolysis ). https://storage.googleapis.com/xzc/foods-diabetics-can-eat/low-carb-foods/Life-doesn-t-end-with-type-2-diabetes.html
Prevention [ edit ]
Prevention verifiedcite while every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Select citation style external websites feedback type thank you for your feedback our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. External websites world health organization - diabetes mellitus patient - diabetes mellitus verywell health - what is diabetes mellitus? national center for biotechnology information - diabetes mellitus cleveland clinic - diabetes: an overview britannica websites diabetes - children's encyclopedia (ages 8-11)
Inborn errors of metabolism [ edit ]
hypoglycemia, also called low blood sugar, is a fall in blood sugar to levels below normal, typically below 70 mg/dl (3. 9mmol/l). Whipple's triad is used to properly identify hypoglycemic episodes. It is defined as blood glucose below 70 mg/dl (3. 9mmol/l), symptoms associated with hypoglycemia, and resolution of symptoms when blood sugar returns to normal. Hypoglycemia may result in headache , tiredness, clumsiness, trouble talking, confusion , fast heart rate, sweating, shakiness, nervousness, hunger, loss of consciousness , seizures , or death. Symptoms typically come on quickly. The most common cause of hypoglycemia is medications used to treat diabetes such as insulin , sulfonylureas , and biguanides.