Most Common Diseases of Age 50+: Diabetes – Diagnosis and Management
Home of Kyle J. Norton for The Better of Living & Living Health Diabetes is defined as a condition caused by insufficient insulin entering the bloodstream to regulate the glucose. It is either caused by cells in pancreas dying off or receptor sites clogged up by fat and cholesterol. In some cases, diabetes is also caused by allergic reactions of cells in the immune system.
III. Diagnosis and Management
A. Diagnosis
If you are experience certain symptoms above, you may be diabetic. After recording your physical exam and family history of the diseases, the tests which your doctor ordered include
1. Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) test
it is the yest to measure and identify the average plasma glucose concentration over a periods of 2-3 months. Abnormal amount of glycated haemoglobin such as A1c ≥ 48 mmol/mol (≥6.5%) may be an indication of diabetes. A1C ≥6.5%: The test should be performed in a laboratory using a method that is National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program (NGSP) certified and standardized to the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) assay, according to American diabetes association(42).
2. Fasting blood sugar test
It is a test to measures blood glucose after you have not eaten for at least 8 hours, but no more than 16 hours. A fasting blood sugar level between 6.0 and 6.9 mmol/L is considered prediabetes. If it’s 7 mmol/L or over on two separate tests, you’ll be diagnosed with diabetes.
3. Etc.
B. Management
B.1. How Diabetes Effects Men’s Sex Lives
Diabetes can have an effect on sexual activity affecting both men and women, since diabetes effects the vessels and nerve systems involving normal function of the penis leading to various forms of sexual dysfunction.
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With either mental or physical stimulation, your brain signals the nerve ending in the penis to release nitric oxide. Nitric oxide relaxes or dilates blood vessels, enabling them to open up and bringing more blood to the penis and helping to create an erection.
Sexual dysfunction occurs when a complication of diabetics resulting from poor blood sugar control, damages the nerves of the penis or there is plague building up in the arteries that feed blood into the penis causing vessels in the penis to be partially blocked preventing enough blood from getting into the penis.
To avoid sexual dysfunction, diabetics should actively work with their dietitian or nutritionist to create a healthy meal plan that is designed only for them. Delaying this step might cause high levels of glucose in the blood stream, resulting in high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels as well as
clogging up arteries and causing heart disease.This leads to blood vessels in the penis to be partially blocked causing sexual dysfunction.
Here are some natural remedies that will help to increase circulation of blood in your body:
1. Mistletoe extract or tea stimulates circulation and lower pressure of blood.
2.Ginkgo biloba aids small blood vessel circulation.
3. Arjuna is an Ayurvedic herb for improving circulation of blood and high blood pressure
You can buy these natural remedies at your local health food store. Be sure to read the recommended dosage.
B.2. How to Get High Carbohydrate Quality
Understanding Carbohydrates is a very important issue for diabetics because glycemic potency varies based on the glycemic index(GI), different carbohydrate foods that you eat will have dramatically different effects on your blood glucose levels.
What is Glycemic Index(GI)?
The GI index is a system for ranking carbohydrates according to how quickly they are converted to glucose. Foods with a low GI (less than 55) are absorbed into the blood stream slowly.
There are 2 types of carbohydrates:
1. Simple carbohydrates
Carbohydrates broken down quickly in the digestive system, therefore glucose are released quickly into bloodstream, such as chocolate, glucose,…etc.
2. Complex carbohydrates
After entering the digestive system, complex carbohydrates are broken down slowly such as whole grain, grapefruit, and apples. Therefore glucose is released gradually into the bloodstream.
Understanding simple and complex carbohydrates and the GI index will help you to choose the right type of carbohydrates in creating a specific meal plan tailoring to your own needs.
Please do not think that all complex carbohydrates have a low GI. Some complex carbohydrates contain a lot of simple carbohydrates, such as Baked Potatoes, Corn Flakes, Watermelons, and white bread have GIs higher than 72, while others have very low GIs such as grapefruits, lentils, and apples.
We know that combinations of high GI and low GI in one meal is the better choice to keep both your glucose and insulin levels lower over the course of a whole day.
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