Asymptomatic elderly diabetic alert

In their daily lives, and some appeared to be very healthy elderly, in the physical examination when diabetes was found. But he did not drink more than usual, eat more, urinating more than "more than three" symptoms, people do not thin. Why?

This is "three moore and one less" symptoms of type 1 diabetes (ie insulin-dependent diabetes) is a typical example, the disease is the most young and middle-aged people. The majority of elderly diabetic patients with type Ⅱ diabetes, their body fat, eating normal, energy and physical strength is almost normal. According to statistics, more than the standard old-age diabetes weight, asymptomatic 80% emerged. After quite a long time delay is because some people had heart disease, hyperlipidemia, renal insufficiency and cataract, paresthesia of both lower limbs, repeated urinary tract infections, tuberculosis or long-term recurrent furunculosis治不好sores, genital itching, etc., it was found suffering from diabetes. In fact, these symptoms with diabetes. Patients stayed more than a typical urine, more than food, and weight loss, the condition is already very serious.

Sugar is the most important source of human energy, and translated into protein, fat, synthetic DNA and other substances. If the glucose metabolism disorder occurs, it will cause a series of changes. For example, elevated blood lipids, atherosclerosis, and other neurodegenerative. Early diabetes does not necessarily have clinical symptoms, it may not necessarily have diabetes, but the two-hour meal tolerance test abnormal. Only in the continuity of high blood sugar diabetes with recurrent symptoms to appear. By this time, there have been patients of cardiovascular, kidney, eyes, a wide range of neurological diseases.

Asymptomatic elderly to the early detection of diabetes is especially important, even healthy people should also regularly check blood sugar, such as suffering from diabetes can be asymptomatic and timely attention to regulation of diet, coupled with physical exercise and drug treatment, the disease can be controlled development.