Diabetes

Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy. Your body breaks down most of the food you eat into sugar and releases it into your bloodstream. When your blood sugar goes up, it signals your pancreas to release insulin.


Some of the symptoms of type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes are:

• Feeling more thirsty than usual.
• Urinating often.
• Losing weight without trying.
• Presence of ketones in the urine. Ketones are a byproduct of the breakdown of muscle and fat that happens when there's not enough available insulin.
• Feeling tired and weak.
• Feeling irritable or having other mood changes.
• Having blurry vision.
• Having slow-healing sores.
• Getting a lot of infections, such as gum, skin and vaginal infections.

Causes of type 1 diabetes

• Your body attacks and destroys insulin-producing cells in your pancreas. 
• Genes may also play a role in some patients
• A virus may trigger the immune system attack.

Causes of type 2 diabetes

• Overweight
• Obesity 
• Physical inactivity 

Our professional occupational therapists can improve diabetes management as well as the person's overall health and well-being. We can get you set up with the right therapist for you. Call today to schedule a consultation!

https://www.diabetes.ca/about-diabetes

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diabetes

https://www.healthline.com/health/diabetes#causes

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetes/symptoms-causes/syc-20371444

https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/symptoms-causes#causes

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Sources:https://www.diabetes.ca/about-diabetes

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diabetes

https://www.healthline.com/health/diabetes#causes

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Written by:

Dr. Vinod Somareddy, PT, DPT

President

Author

Reddy Care Physical & Occupational Therapy Reddy Care Physical & Occupational Therapy is an outstanding specialty service providing exceptional care and state-of-the-art treatments for the residents of Farmingdale and Great Neck, New York. The combination of innovative exercise programs, manual therapy, and technology together with the expertise of every member of the team enables Reddy Care Physical & Occupational Therapy to provide services that ensure superior clinical outcomes and consistently high patient satisfaction.