There are two stages of women's lives that are more prone to diabetes, such as pregnancy (gestational diabetes) and menopause.
Type 2 diabetes is becoming lately one of the most common diseases among women. In fact, considered that it is the fourth cause of mortality among this population. Moreover, studies tell us that while in men aged 60 to 74 years the incidence is 11% among women is already 14%. Why does this occur? Can we prevent it?
Symptoms of diabetes in women
- Weight loss: is very common in type I diabetes. In this type, our body may not use all the calories that the body gives it. While we make a correct diet, we will lose weight without knowing how.
- Need to continue going to the bathroom. It is another very characteristic symptom of diabetes. Why is it? you might wonder. Our body tries to get rid of the excess sugar through the urine. Hence the constant sensation, the desire to go to the bathroom.
- Dehydration. This happens precisely because as previously explained. Go often to the bathroom, urinating often, not only to remove sugar, but also water. We will slowly dehydrating us without realizing, and it is a dangerous thing.
- Feeling hungry. It occurs with type II diabetes. Also called polyphagia, which is the need to continue eating food. This is because the level of insulin is very high in our body, an imbalance that makes us feel.
- Infeccionones. Very characteristic in women. They appear on the skin, also in the vagina and urinary tract.
Diabetes at each vital stage of women
1. during pregnancy
- Is called generational Diabetes. During the development of the fetus, woman's body undergoes various changes at the metabolic level, it takes more energy to the gestation of the creature and insulin level is thus increased in blood. All this does not cause excessively serious problems in pregnancy, they can reach term perfectly, but it is possible that if the mother has diabetes in pregnancy, the child is obese.
- There is a very high risk that in case that women have more pregnancies, repeat the gestational diabetes. And Moreover, there are un 65% chance that ends the day tomorrow, developing type II Diabetes.
- What factors can influence that I padezcamos gestational diabetes during pregnancy? If we have more than 30 years, if we have a family history with diabetes, and if we suffer from overweight.
2 menopause
- Menopause occurs over ten years in the life of the woman, and it starts when our body begins to lower their production of estrogen and progestetrona, the hormones that are conducive to the emergence of women.
- Due to these hormonal changes control of glucose begins to change. Increases sensitivity to insulin at the same time that resistance by the fall in estrogen... all this leads to appear not only Diabetes, but cardiovascular problems.
- Gaining weight after menopause also exacerbates its impact, we have less control over glucose and ends leading to Diabetes.
3. other causes of the appearance of diabetes
- Type I: diabetes can occur at any age, but are usually is diagnosed in people younger, as in children. The exact cause is unknown, but it is thought that it may be due in part to genetic factors. The body does not produce enough insulin and we just need daily injections of this hormone to compensate.
- Diabetes type II, is the most common form of diabetes, which appears especially in the adult age. It is due mostly to a few incorrect habits, sedentary lifestyle and poor diet which makes us gain weight. A few years ago was usual incidence in adults, but lately started to appear in children and adolescents. Industrial food high in fat, and the little exercise that our young people now, and consequent obesity, practice is causing the onset of type II diabetes. It is thus necessary to start changing these habits for the good of all.
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