Diabetes: Diseases that ends with the life

author - Rasool Fatima

• Here are 2 case study by own experiences 

I)   My friend’s father who is 50 years old, lives in Jaunpur, UP and treatment is going on under        Dr.Mujahib.He is suffering from diabetes from 20 years and has inherited this disease from family. 

Other problems with diabetes:The other problem he faces with diabetes are frequent urination problem,low blood pressure, gets easily tired and irritated, frozen shoulder and arthritis problem. He doesn’t sleep properly and sometimes it becomes so worse that full night he stays awakens. Diabetes is now affecting his other body parts as eyes and kidney. Sometimes sugar gets so low that he has toeat chocolate or any other sugar product otherwise there are major chances of heart failure and brain stroke.

Control on food:Daily he goes for a walk of 1hour, eats no spicy food, less oil food, no rice and potato.He also has the problem of cholesterol he has to avoid food having extra fat.

Medicine: And with negation of eating many foods he takes many medicine and insulin injection daily before half hour of eating. Since he has this disease from a very long time, so he has to take many precautions in his daily life so that it remains in control.

II)       Other is also my close friend’s mother she is 48 years old, lives in Kharagpur, Kolkata and treatment is going on hospital Pearless in consultant with Dr.Ajoy Sarkar. She has the problem of sugar along with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and suffering from this disease since last 4years.

Other problems with diabetes:She gets easily tensed on irrelevant issues. After doing a little work she gets very much tired and finds difficulty in breathing and then has to be provided oxygen that’s why an oxygen machine is also arranged in home.She faces many problems while doing household work after some time she needs rest so that she can do another work after it. Before 2years her condition gets so worse because of increasing levels of sugarher lungs were not functioning properly and there was very little supply of oxygen and then she was hospitalised and was on ventilator for 2days.

Control on food:She avoids all spicy food, red meat, rice and deserts.She is able to do walking only for very less time.

Medicine: She always has to stick on her medication plans and has to take many other precaution.

                                                 Some tips that are important to know:

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                                                                                                                      First and most important is to maintain a healthy lifestyle as half of the disease flew away just by maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

·         But now days people are not much aware of disease they have start adopting a very busy life schedule in which they didn’t get time to look after themselves. And nobody likes to follow a diet chart.

• ·         Avoid overeating, don’t eat more than your stomach can take and eat healthy.

• ·         Do some exercise daily and go for regular check-ups.

• ·         Many people think eating a lot of sugar is the real cause of diabetes, but it is small particles.

• ·         Diabetes is caused when there are major changes in lifestyle, taking excess tension and by hormonal changes.

• ·         There are 70% chances that your children can also be suffered from this disease the best way to avoid is by maintaining a healthy lifestyle from early age of life.

• ·          Symptoms of diabetes are rashes on the body, feeling thirstier, overeating, fatigue, headaches and pain in hands and feet.

·         This disease is so bad that no one should suffer from it as it doesn’t end it goes with you and daily schedule is so much affected that you are not able to do your work efficiently every time while eating you have to be conscious about it, that it doesn’t affect your health. There is a lot of problem in attending marriages, parties and to go out with family. Suffering from this disease means you have to sacrifice your favourite food and desert and has to take medicines regularly to control it and if you don’t take then conditions can be worse. 

·         It is very important for a diabetic patient to manage stress because taking stress can raise level of sugar. And after taking stress you may forget to take your medicines on the right time or to eat the right food.