[Causes of diabetes]

Diabetes is divided into type 1 and type 2, and type 1 diabetes, also called 'juvenile diabetes', is a disease that occurs due to the inability to produce insulin at all. Type 2 diabetes mellitus, which is relatively deficient in insulin, is characterized by insulin resistance (the inability of cells to effectively burn glucose due to a lack of insulin function that lowers blood sugar). In type 2 diabetes, environmental factors such as high calorie, high fat, high protein diet, lack of exercise, and stress seem to play a major role in Westernization of diet. It can also be caused by medications.

[diabetes symptoms]

In mild hyperglycemia, most patients do not feel the symptoms or are vague, so it is difficult to think of diabetes. If your blood sugar rises too much, you will be thirsty and drink a lot of water, and you will need to urinate more often. You will also lose weight.

When hyperglycemia is maintained for a long period of time, various complications occur in the body, the most representative of which are retinopathy (which can lead to blindness), renal dysfunction (dialysis is required in severe cases due to decreased renal function), neuropathy (numbness, pain), and cardiovascular disease. will increase the risk of