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14th Nov   World Diabetes Day

Brief introductory:

Diabetes mellitus is a type of disease when you have blood glucose higher than normal range, which is 3.8 - 6.0 mmol/L when you are fasting. There are two types of diabetes, Type 1 and 2. Type 1 mainly happens in a person at young age, that is below 30 years old usually. When his body immune system becomes abnormal, it attacks his own pancreatic cells which produce hormone Insulin. Insulin can be described as a key which opens the door for glucose to enter human cells. However, when insulin cannot be produced due to pancreatic cells destroy, the person has excess glucose in his blood. The body will "dump" the glucose out via urination and that is when the patient starts to produce Sweet urine. Diabetes must be handled in caution because Diabetes itself is not the killer, the diseases that it brings are doing the murder. For example, a person may develop coma when he is having Hypoglycaemia ( too low of blood sugar level) or hyperglycaemia ( too high). On the other hand, Type 2 diabetes usually happens in people aged above 30 years old. It is usally related to gene and the person develop diabetes may have living an unhealthy lifestyle.There is no permanent treatment for diabetes currently. The only way for Diabetics to survive is to inject insulin regularly or having pills like Metformin. Diabetics can still live fulfilledlly like a normal person by stablely managing his blood glucose level . What a normal person eat can also be served to a diabetes patient as long as the portion is appropriate and the patient has to know his limit well. Don't be panic when you discover that you or someone very close to you have diabetes. Consultancies in hospitals nowadays can efficiently help you to control your blood sugar level while you cooperate well with your doctor, diabetes educator and dietician. As a family member of diabetics, you have to accept the fate and show your support by eating well and exercising with him. Then, he can definitely live a normal life, even living a better healthier life than before! ^-^

Symptoms of diabetes:

• Fatigue
• Frequent urination
• Feel very thirsty
• Hot-tempered
• Weight loss  etc.

( this is not adapted from somewhere else, all based on my knowledges about diabetes since form 3)

I went to Intan Gleneagle Medical Centre to participate a Type 1 Diabetes workshop on my 1st morning of holiday. Just to accompany mama, and to learn more about the hospital system and Diabetes Mellitus. Most of the participants are in couple, i.e. a mother and a diabetics child. It was not strange that most of them mistook me as a diabetics while I had to explain that i am not. I realised that all the patient I met there are younger than me, 17/15/14/7 years old 0.0

The diet tips and lessons taught mostly i heard or read before in books. But i found out that Alcohol can actually decrease bllod glucose level, how interesting! I even seems like the most expert because i was the only Science stream participant. Meanwhile, i felt so sorry for the young diabetics patient. They might seem cheerful in front of everyone, but how do we know how tough they had been through to accept the fact that "I am now a diabetics" and was once felt so lost? How much tears and sweats has the family flowed when they discover this? How have thay changed difficultly to adopt the whole new diabetics lifestyle while keeping as fine as possible in front of everybody? ma, wo men yi jing hen xing yun le.



The most delicous and healthy lunch i have in a hospital

In conclusion, Mind your health by having balanced diet and regular exercise.
Always beware of the symptoms and get treatments as fast as possible once discovered the disease.
We always wish that beloved people around us are healthy and safe.
Don't we?